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TO PRIORITY FCO

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OF 2807352 JULY 86

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TOP COPY Q DIST ?

FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF MMMIGRATION

BN(0) PASSPORT IN MACHINE READABLE FORM

RECEIVER

HKK 340

REGISTRY

3 1 JUL 1986

ISTRY on Taken

1. UK MRP SPECIMEN NO. 416 OBTAINED RECENTLY FROM PASSPORT DEPARTMENT DOES NOT (NOT) CONTAIN A PAGE TO PUT OBSERVATIONS.

2. FF WE WERE TO USE COMPUTERS TO ISSUE BN(0) PASSPORTS, ANY SUCH OBSERVATIONS AS RIGHT OF ABODE, HOLDER'S ALIMAS, LOSS OF PREVIOUS PASSPORT ETC. WOULD ALSO BE PRINTED BY THE COMPUTER. GRATEFUL F

YOU WOULD ASK THE HOME OFFICE TO CONFIRM THE LOCATION OF THE 'OBSERVATIONS' PAGE, AND WHETHER THE PRE-PRINTING ON THIS PAGE WOULD

BE HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL.

3. #S #T CORRECT TO ASSUME THAT THE SPECIAL ENDORSEMENT ABOUT

HOLDERS OF BN(0) PASSPORTS NOT REQUIRING VISA OR ENTRY CERTIFICATE

TO VESINT UK WILL BE PRE-PRINTED BY HM'S STATIONERY OFFICE ON THE

*OBSERVATIONS' PAGE?

AKERS-JONES

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

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