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OCMIAN 6094
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OO HOKON
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 50
OF 08170OZ JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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DESK OFFICER
REGISTRY
INDEA
PA
Action Taken
MY SECOND IFT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL:
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
FOLLOWING IS DRAFT PASSAGE ON NON-CHINESE BDTCS:
BEGINS
1.
NOT PERSUADED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GRANT THEIR
(OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) THE INDIANS (CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS)
REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
A)
B)
THE PROVISIONS IN ARTICLE 6 FULLY REFLECT THE
UNDERTAKINGS GIVEN DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE HONG KONG
BILL. THESE WERE THAT NO FORMER BDTC, NOR ANY CHILDREN
BORN AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 TO SUCH A PERSON, WILL BECOME
STATELESS AS A RESULT OF THE AGREEMENT. THIS WAS
EXTENDED TO COVER THE GRANDCHILDREN OF FORMER HONG KONG
BDTCS, IF THEY WERE BORN STATELESS.
RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE IN THE GIFT OF
HMG AFTER 30 JUNE 1997. BUT THE AGREEMENT WITH THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES RIGHTS OF ABODE IN HONG
KONG (NEXT WORD AND DATE UNDERLINED) AFTER 1997. THE
GOVERNMENT BELIEVE THAT THESE PROVISIONS WILL COVER ALL
NON-ETHNIC CHINESE BDTCS IN HONG KONG, UNLESS THEY HAVE
LEFT HONG KONG PERMANENTLY TO SETTLE ELSEWHERE AND HAVE
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