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Action Taken

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING

NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL : UNOFFICIALS' REACTION

WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AT THE WEEKLY IN-HOUSE MEETING OF UMELCO

THIS AFTERNOON, UNOFFICIALS DECIDED AGAINST SENDING A DELEGATION

TO THE UK ON THE MINORITIES' REQUEST. WE WERE INFORMED THAT

SIR S.Y. CHUNG WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS COURSE OF ACTION

ON THE GROUND THAT IT WOULD BE 'COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE AND EMBARRASSING'.

ALTHOUGH THIS DECISION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A SHORT PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY UMELCO AFTER THE MEETING, UNOFFICIALS WOULD REPLY

FACTUALLY IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES.

2. TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT IS IN MIFT

604

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 HARD ING

MR WILSON

MR BARRINGTON

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

LEGAL ADVISERS MR GRAINGER,

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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