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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

TELNO 398

OF 24103OZ APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK

INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO BRUSSELS, FCO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

599

HKG/GT/125: RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN(0) PASSPORTS :

EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA

JAK

3401

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

CHINESE

MEMORANDUM

2 5 APR 1986

DESK

IND

THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA ACKNOLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE

MEMORANDUM DATED 11 APRIL 1986 OF THE EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONCERNING THE

ENDORSEMENT IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS

AND, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RELEVANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE

SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HAS THE HONOUR TO ELABORATE THE POSITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE

RELEVANT QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

MEMORANDUM AS FOLLOWS:

1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN

SECTION XIV OF ANNEX 1 TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG AND THE

PRINCIPLED POSITION CONTAINED IN THE CHINESE MEMORANDUM

DATED 19 DECEMBER 1984, THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997, PERMIT CHINESE NATIONALS IN

HONG KONG WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY CALLED BRITISH DEPENDENT

TERRITORIES CITIZENS'' TO USE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED

BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AS REFERRED TO

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM, DURING THE PERIOD FROM

1 JULY 1987 TO 30 JUNE 1997 FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAVELLING TO OTHER STATES AND PEGIONS. THOSE AMONG THEM, TOGETHER WITH OTHER PERSONS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY CALLED BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS'' WHO ARE

HOLDERS OF PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINSTRATIVE REGION, WILL HAVE THIS FACT

STATED BY ADDING AN ENDORSEMENT TO THEIR ABOVE-MENTIONED

CONFIDENTIAL

TRAVEL