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2 5 APR 1986

RÉCEIVER MPEGISTRY

DESK OFFICER

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GRS 900

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FM HONG KONG

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

TELNO 396

OF 24103OZ APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK

INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO BRUSSELS, FCO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

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

ON 11 APRIL 1986 THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING AND THE MINISTRY

OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PRCG EXCHANGED MEMORANDA TO CONFIRM THE

AGREEMENT REACHED IN THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP

(JLG) ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN (0) PASSPORTS AND

RELATED MATTERS. THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED

THAT THE MEMORANDA EXCHANGED SHOULD BE. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY

BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE NCNA IN HONG KONG AT 2409DCZ.

THE PRESS RELEASE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS AS FOLLOWS-

"AT THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, AGREEMENT

WAS REACHED ON TRAVEL DOCUMENTATION FOR HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND ELATED MATTERS. IN CONFIRMATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BRITISH ND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS EXCHANGED MEMORANDA IN PEKING ON 11 APRIL, THE TEXTS OF WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: (TEXTS AS IN MIFTS.)''

THE PRCG'S RELEASE IS SIMILAR.

BACKGROUND

3. DURING THE SECOND MEETING OF THE JLG IN NOVEMBER 1985,

AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN PRINCIPLE ON THE PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS

RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN (0) PASSPORTS.

THE TEXTS OF THE UK AND CHINESE MEMORANDA RECORDING THIS AGREEMENT

WERE AGREED AT THE THIRD JLG. THE JLG COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON 14 MARCH

CONFIRMED THAT THE TWO SIDES REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS OF A

RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT AND CONFIRMED THAT IDENTITY CARDS

ISSUED IN HONG KONG BEFOPE 1 JULY 1997 WILL, AS FROM THAT DATE,

CONTINUE TO BE USED UNTIL THEY ARE REPLACED BY IDENTITY CARDS

ISSUED BY THE SAR GOVERNMENT.

4. ESSENTIALLY, THE MEMORANDA EXCHANGED CONFIRM THAT

(A) TO ENSURE THAT BN (0) PASSPORTS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PURPOSE

OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BEFORE AND AFTER 1997, THE BRITISH

GOVERNMENT WILL ADD THE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENT TO BN (0) PASSPORTS,

WHOSE HOLDERS ALSO HOLD HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS -

CONFIDENTIAL

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