TNAG-1559-FCO40-2123-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 175

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MY TELNO 223 : NATIONAL HTY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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THE DETAILS THE TEAM FROM HONG KONG COULD BRING WITH FT IN RESPECT OF THE MINORITIES WILL DEPEND ON THE OUTCOME OF A SAMPLE SURVEY IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ARE UNDERTAKING OF APPLICATIONS FOR BDTC PASSPORTS AND FOR NATURALISATION AND REGISTRATION AS BDTCS. THE OBJECT OF THE SURVEY IS TO DETERMINE ROUGHLY HOW MANY NON-CHINESE AND NON-UK BDTCS THERE ARE LIVING IN HONG KONG, THE PERCENTAGES BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN HERE AND WHAT THEIR PRESENT EMPLOYMENT IS.

2. ONE THE EX-SERVICEMEN, WE WILL BE APPROACHING THE ASSOCIATIONS FOR AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY CAN PROVIDE ON THEIR MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR THE NUMBERS INVOLVED, NATIONALITY, THE UNITS IN WHICH THEY SERVED AND WHETHER THEY WERE POWS.

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

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HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

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SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON

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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 MODONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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