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CONFIDENTIAL

HKK 040/4.

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30JAN 1986

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 320

OF 3OO94OZ JANUARY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

ستا

To

COPY

MIPT: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY

AS IT HAPPENED, A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE NCNA RECENTLY PUT TO AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION THE POSSIBILITY OF CHINA ISSUING PRC PASSPORTS TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS BEFORE 1997 AS ONE WAY OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF COIS. IN REPLY THE AD OF IMM POINTED OUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY THE NEED TO ISSUE TO THOSE WHO OBTAINED PRC PASPORTS OUTSIDE HONG KONG ENTRY VISAS TO HONG KONG AND RIGHT TO LAND/ UNCONDITIONAL STAY ENDORSEMENTS TO THOSE WHO OBTAINED THEM IN HONG KONG: AND THE POSSIBLITY OF CAUSING PUBLIC MISUNDERSTANDING THAT CHINA WOULD NOT BE ISSUING SAR PASSPORTS AFTER 1997. THE NCNA REPRESENTATIVE TOOK OUR POINTS AND STRESSED THE INFORMAL NATURE OF HIS SUGGESTION. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THESE VIEWS HAD BEEN REFLECTED TO LU PING.

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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