TNAG-1558-FCO40-2122-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 177

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OCMIAN 7477

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OO PEKIN

FM FCOLN TO HOKON

141700Z JAN

GRS 340

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 92

OF 141700Z JANUARY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

15 JAN 1986

DESK OFFICER

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REGISTRY Action Taken

YOUR TELNO 110: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: PARLIAMENTARY

DEBATE

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WE ARE REPLYING SEPARATELY TO YOUR POINTS ON THE PROPOSED ENDORSEMENT IN BN (0) PASSPORTS IN LIGHT OF YOUR TELNOS 145-6.

2.

WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO WORK SOME OF THE POINTS FROM PARA 12 OF TUR INTO THE OPENING SPEECH, INCLUDING THE REFERENCE TO THE WELCOME TO BONA FIDE VISITORS FROM HONG KONG. FURTHERMORE

MINISTERS WILL BE MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THEIR MINDS ARE NOT CLOSED

ON THESE ISSUES. AS YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM OUR TELNO 85, MINISTERS HAVE AGREED TO LISTEN CAREFULLY DURING THE DEBATE OF MPS VIEWS AND THEN TO CONSIDER WHETHER ANY AMENDMENT TO THE ORDER

IS NECESSARY BEFORE IT IS RESUBMITTED. MR WADDINGTON WILL BE

MAKING THIS CLEAR IN HIS OPENING SPEECH.

3.

IT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT HOWEVER TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION IN

THE SPEECH THAT WE ARE LIKELY TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSALS TO MAKE

INDIANS AND EX-SERVICEMEN BRITISH CITIZENS. WE SEE VERY REAL

DIFFICULTIES OF PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE IN BOTH THESE PROPOSALS

AND MINISTERS MUST MAKE THIS CLEAR.

4.

WE WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE A TEAM OF HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

OFFICIALS IN LONDON AFTER THE DEBATE ON THE ORDER TO DISCUSS THE

DETAILS. WE WOULD ALSO WELCOME ANY FURTHER INFORMATION YOU CAN

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