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YOUR TELNO 17: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: LYDIA DUNN LETTER
1.
WE ARE CONFUSED BY THE REFERENCE IN MISS DUNN'S LETTER TO
70 (SEVENTY) VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENTS AFFECTING HONG KONG BDTCS.
THERE ARE IN FACT ONLY 12 (TWELVE) VAAS (OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL)
OUT OF A TOTAL OF 48 WHICH HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE HONG
KONG BDTCS. THESE AGREEMENTS ARE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
DENMARK, ICELAND, MONACO, SAN MARINO, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS,
FRANCE, ITALY, NORWAY, LUXEMBOURG, PORTUGAL AND SWEDEN,
IN THE CASE OF THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE
ARE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE 1947 VAAS STILL APPLY TO
HONG KONG BDTCS. SPAIN WAS ON THIS LIST UNTIL RECEIPT OF
INFORMATION IN MADRID TELNO 5.
2.
ALTHOUGH
GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR EXPLANATION OF THE REFERENCE TO 70
COUNTRIES, DESKBY 081000Z.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
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PS/ER 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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