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THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S SPEECH.
BEGINS:
SIR, IN HER LETTER TO MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT WRITTEN ON BEHALF OF ALL THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, AND IN WHAT SHE HAS SAID THIS AFTERNOON IN MOVING THIS MOTION, MISS DUNN HAS CONVEYED
THE STRONG AND UNANIMOUS FEELINGS OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THIS
COUNCIL AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON THREE ISSUES CONCERNING THE
DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986.
THE ADMINISTRATION FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE THRUST OF THE ARGUMENTS
ADVANCED IN SUPPORT OF THESE ISSUES AND THE DEPTH OF FEELING
SURROUNDING THEM. THE OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THIS AFTER-
NOON WILL THEREFORE SUPPORT THE MOTION. I CAN ALSO ASSURE MEMBERS
THAT THE CONCERN THEY HAVE EXPRESSED WILL BE CONVEYED TO HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. NEVERTHELESS, SIR, AS I AM SUPE MEMPEPS
WILL RECOGNISE, THE ISSUES THEMSELVES RAISE A NUMBER OF DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS OF PRINCIPLE FOR HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, AND THESE WILL REQUIPE FURTHER DETAILED CONSIDERATION.
SIR, I SUPPORT THE MOTION.
ENDS.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
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PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
- COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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