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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
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OUR TELNO 225: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
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AS REPORTED IN OUR TELNO 251, MR. RENTON'S STATEMENT ON NATIONALITY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, IN PARTICULAR HIS ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT A TEAM OF OFFICIALS WOULD BE GOING TO LONDON TO ESTABLISH THE
FACTS REGARDING LEGCO'S PROPOSALS, DEFUSED THE SITUATION CONSIDER- ABLY FOR THE TIME BEING. WE NOW NEED TO GET ON WITH DISCUSSIONS AT
OFFICIAL LEVEL OF LEGCO'S PROPOSALS. PRESS INTEREST IN THE
COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM, THE TIMING OF THE VISIT AND THEIR
TERMS OF REFERENCE' IS HEAVY.
2. SUBJECT TO YOUR AND HO'S VIEWS, THE TEAM WE HAVE IN MIND (COMPRISHING CARTER, IP, LITTLE AND KUO) PROPOSE TO TRAVEL TO LONDON THIS COMING SATURDAY EVENING (1 FEBRUARY) SO AS TO COMMENCE DISCUSSIONS NEXT MONDAY, 3 FEBRUARY.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THE PROPOSED TIMING IS AGREEABLE
TO YOU DESK BY 280830 HK TIME.
TO SHOW THAT WE MEAN BUSINESS WE NEED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE THE TEAM WOULD ALSO HAVE
TO LIAISE WITH THE UMELCO AD HOC GROUP WHICH HAS BEEN SET UP TO
MONITOR THE WORK OF THE TEAM AND TO KEEP UP THE PRESSURE ON HMG.
3. MIFT CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND COMMENT ON
MR. RENTON'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
COPIES TO:
HKN 040/4 нин
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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REGISTRY
INDEX
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS:
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
PA
Action Taken
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MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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