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TELNO 026
OF 061445Z JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 18: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL:
BN(0) PASSPORTS
1.
THIS.
ENDORSEMENT IN
MINISTERS HAVE NOW LOOKED CAREFULLY AT THE ARGUMENTS ON
WHILE THEY CAN SEE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SYMBOLIC
ADVANTAGES OF AGREEING TO THE ENDORSEMENT YOU HAVE PROPOSED, THEY
CAN SEE NO WAY ROUND THE DIFFICULTY THAT IT WOULD GIVE A
MISLEADING IMPRESSION.
2.
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT, WHILE AN ENDORSEMENT IN A BN(0)
PASSPORT SAYING THAT THE HOLDER 'DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ENTRY
CERTIFICATE OR VISA TO ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A VISITOR'
WOULD BE TRUE, IT WOULD BE ONLY PART OF THE TRUTH. THE OTHER
PART IS THAT THE HOLDER OF A BN(0) PASSPORT WILL REMAIN SUBJECT
TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES AND, IF HE DOES NOT HAVE AN ENTRY CERTIFICATE, WILL HAVE TO SATISFY THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER ON
ENTERING THE UK, THAT HE QUALIFIES FOR ADMISSION. THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH AND SOURCE OF THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT THE
POSITION OF BN(O)S FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES WILL IN FACT BE
EXACTLY THE SAME AS THAT OF BDTCS. IF WE ADDED THE PROPOSED
ENDORSEMENT, EVEN IF WE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PUBLICISE THE TRUE SITUATION AT THE TIME BN(0) PASSPORTS WERE
INTRODUCED, IT WOULD BE INEVITABLE THAT, AFTER A PERIOD, SERIOUS
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