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Our reference: Your reference:

M Hill Esq

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth

Office Whitehall

LONDON SW1

Dear Mike,

HOME OFFICE

Lunar House, Wellesley Road, CROYDON CR9 2BY

Telephone: 01-760 2647

704

Tel to HK

8 May 1986

HONG KONG : THE GRANTING OF SETTLEMENT TO FORMER SERVICEMEN

AND NON-CHINESE BDTCs

WIR

We spoke about my note of 2 May to Mr Fries and agreed that it would be helpful to give an early, if brief, response to Hong Kong Telegram Number

625)

of 30 April.

I have confirmed with David Seymour in our Legal Adviser's Branch that we are on safe ground if we restrict ourselves to explaining that settlement would be granted outside the Rules under the provisions of section 4(1) of the Immigration Act 1971. I suggest that you now reply in these terms. We can then sort out the practical arrangements at more leisure once I have responses to my note of 2 May.

Hun 34011 нии

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

12 MAY 1986

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

REGISTRY

PA

Action Taken

ин

Jours Sinically

Savid

The Sample

cc.

Mr Tompkins

Mr Fries

Mr Rawsthorne

Mr Boyle

Mr Emery Mr Seymour

DJ MCDONOUGH

B2 Division

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