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TO DESKBY 230100Z HONG KONG

TELNO 727

OF 221745Z APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

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REGISTRY

INDEX

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Action Taken

PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD

NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: TEXT OF PARLIAMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT

1.

THE FOLLOWING MINOR AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE

PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH OF THE TEXT

IN MY TELNO 715 TO BRING IT INTO LINE WITH THE TEXT WHICH WILL BE

USED IN PARLIAMENT ON 23 APRIL:

(A)

FOURTH SENTENCE.

AMEND 'NEED' TO 'NEEDS'.

(B)

SEVENTH SENTENCE. AMEND TO 'IF HOWEVER ANY BRITISH NATIONAL WERE IN THE FUTURE TO COME UNDER PRESSURE TO LEAVE HONG KONG, WE WOULD EXPECT ETC'.

2.

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ENSURE THAT THESE CHANGES ARE INCORPORATED BEFORE GIS PUTS OUT THE TEXT OF THE

STATEMENT.

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

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE.

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE

MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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