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GRS 100

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 07120OZ FCO

TELNO 54

OF 071055Z JANUARY 86

INFO DESKBY 08010OZ PEKING

: WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT NATIONALITY ORDER 1986

IN THE DISCUSSION IN EXCO THIS MORNING, MEMBERS ALSO RAISED THE QUESTION OF SERVICEMEN WHO HAD FOUGHT DURING THE LAST WAR. THEY

ARE CLEARLY LOOKING FOR A POSITIVE ANSWER HERE AS WELL. WE WOULD

BE GLAD TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CONSIDER THEY MIGHT QUALIFY UNDER

SECTION 4 (5) OF THE BNA.

YOUDE

HHM Oady

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 8 JAN 1986

DESK OFFICER INDEX

PA

REGISTRY Action Taken

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

PS

PS/MR RENTON

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

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· 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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