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GPS 180

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 28

OF 04034OZ JANUARY 86

KNFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

CONFIDENTIAL

нии остан HITH 04014

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 7 JAN 1986

REGISTRY

PA

Action Taken

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

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MY TELNO 17-19: THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986

LEGCO UNOFFICIALS DECIDED AT THEIR IN-HOUSE MEETING YESTERDAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT (NOT) SEND A DELEGATION TO LONDON TO LOBBY MEMBERS

OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT BEFORE THE DEBATE TOOK PLACE.

2. INSTEAD, THEY RESOLVED TO MOVE A MOTION AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SITTING ON 8 JANUARY URGING HKG TO CONVEY TO HMG THE

VERY STRONG VIEWS OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THE ISSUE. THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER, LYDIA DUNN, IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THE MOTION WITH

ANOTHER ONE OR TWO MEMBERS SPEAKING ON IT. WE SHALL SEND YOU THE

EXACT WORDING OF THE MOTION AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE.

3. THE PRESS REPOPTED A HEATED DEBATE DURING THE LEGCO IN-HOUSE

MEETING ON WHETHER A DELEGATION TO LONDON SHOULD BE SENT. ACCORDING

TO THE REPORTS, JOHN SWAINE, THE CONVENOP OF LEGCO'S AD HOC GROUP ON THE ISSUE, SAID A MOTION WITH THE FULL ENDORSEMENT OF LEGCO

WOULD MAKE A SOLID CASE FOR HMG TO LISTEN TO THE VIEWS OF HONG KONG

AND THIS WOULD HAVE GREATER IMPACT THAN LOBBYING INDIVIDUAL MPS.

YOUDE

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

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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