TNAG-1568-FCO40-2134-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 173

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CODES FOR EXISTING STATUSES OF BRITISH NATIONALITY ARE SHOWN IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ORGANISATION REFERENCE IS07501 AS

FOLLOWS:

BRITISH CITIZEN

GBR

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN GBD

BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN

GBO

BRITISH PROTECTED PERSON GBP

BRITISH SUBJECT

GBS

IT SEEMS TO US TO MAKE SENSE THEREFORE FOR BN(O) TO BE SHOWN AS

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

GBN.

7.

YOUR TELNO 2436: OBSERVATIONS WILL BE ENTERED ON PAGE 4 OF THE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT. AT PRESENT THE PROTOTYPE CARRIES AN UNNECESSARY INDEX WHICH WILL BE REMOVED. THE PAGE WILL NOT BE HEADED 'OBSERVATIONS', NOR WILL FOLLOWING PAGES BE HEADED 'VISAS'. THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THE SISTER PASSPORT, THE COMMON EC FORMAT DOCUMENT, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELEVANT EC RESOLUTION. (OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATTER DOCUMENT WILL BE ENTERED ON PAGE 5.) IT IS OF COURSE THE CASE THAT IN THE PRESENT TRADITIONAL PASSPORT OBSERVATIONS ARE INITIALLY ENTERED ON A PAGE HEADED QUOTE OBSERVATIONS UNQUOTE, BUT AS THE PASSPORT FILLS UP THEY ARE ALSO ENTERED ON VARIOUS OTHER VISA PAGES. OUR IMMIGRATION SERVICE ARE CONTENT WITH WHAT WE INTEND. ANY ENDORSEMENTS BY COMPUTER PRINTER WILL BE ENTERED HORIZONTALLY. YOU QUERY ABOUT THE VISA/EC ENDORSMENT IS COVERED

BY OUR THOUGHTS IN PARA 5 ABOVE.

YOUNG

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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

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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

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