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DAY OUT WITHOUT VISA REQUIREMENTS BUT ALL OF THEM ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH ORDINARY IMMIGRATION RULES. WE DO (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) NOT SEEK EXEMPTION FROM NORMAL MMMIGRATION RULES AND CERTAINLY
DO NOT EXPECT THAT AN ENDORSEMENT IN THE PASSPORT WOULD EXEMPT US
FROM NORMAL IMMIGRATION FORMALITIES. UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS ARE OF THE UNANIMOUS VIEW THAT THIS REQUEST IS REASONABLE AND 4S ENTIRELY WITHIN THE GIFT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. WE SHALL NOT REST UNTIL THIS PEASONABLE REQUEST IS MET SATISFACTORILY.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO PRESS THIS ISSUE AND WILL DO SO WHEN THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, MR. PENTON, ARRIVES IN HONG KONG ON 23PD JANUARY UNLESS THE MATTER HAS BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.
MAY WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE PPESS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US IN REPORTING THE STRONG VIEWS OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
ENDS.
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 OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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