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GAIN WIDE

CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG SAID THAT QUOTE THE JAPANESE

GOVERNMENT, FOR ITS PART, IS FULLY PREPARED TO EXTEND ALL

POSSIBLE COOPERATION IN THE EFFORTS TO

ACCEPTABILITY OF (HONG KONG'S) NEW PASSPORTS BY THE WORLD

COMMUNITY. UNQUOTE CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.

8.

THE ACCEPTABILITY OF BN(0) PASSPORTS WORLDWIDE, LIKE OTHER

ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG

KONG, IS A SUBJECT IN WHICH PARLIAMENT TAKES A CLOSE INTEREST.

HMG HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO REPORT TO PARLIAMENT ON THE OUTCOME OF OUR

APPROACHES TO OTHER COUNTRIES ON THIS MATTER. ANY PUBLIC

EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE MOST

WELCOME IN THIS CONTEXT. PLEASE DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TACTFULLY TO

SOLICIT PUBLIC EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF

YOU WOULD REPORT ALL REACTIONS, WHETHER PUBLIC OR GIVEN TO YOU

THROUGH OFFICIAL CHANNELS. ENDS

YOUNG

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

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

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

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