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MILNAN 3847 OCMIAN 3847

CONFIDENTIAL

OO HOKON

FM FCOLN TO HOKON

191530Z MAR

GRS 119

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 523

OF 191530Z MARCH 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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нин осок

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 1 MAR 1986

OESY OFFICER

REGISTRY

INDEX

PA

Action Taken

FOR GOVERNOR FROM LAYDEN

OUR TELNO

NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL

366

1.

HOME OFFICE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THE HOME SECRETARY RECEIVED

ON THE EVENING OF 18 MARCH A GROUP OF OPPOSITION PEERS WHO ASKED

ABOUT PROGRESS ON THE THREE LEGCO REQUESTS. MR HURD EXPLAINED

THAT DECISIONS HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN. IN RESPONSE TO A

QUESTION, HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT IT UNLIKELY THAT THE

GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE THREE REQUESTS WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC

BEFORE EASTER. NEWS OF THIS EXCHANGE MAY OF COURSE GET TO HONG

KONG. YOU MAY THEREFORE WISH TO LET LYDIA DUNN KNOW THAT THE

HOME SECRETARY HAS SAID THIS.

HOWE

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

MR BARRINGTON

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

LR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE.

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE

MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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