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YOUR TELNO 2097: BN(0) PASSPORT RECORDS

1.

HOME OFFICE COMMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(I) PARA 2A: REGULATIONS HAVE YET TO BE LAID DOWN WHICH

WILL GOVERN THIS PROCEDURE BUT THE RECORD OF PARTICULARS YOU HAVE

SUGGESTED IN GENERAL WILL MEET HOME OFFICE NEEDS, ON THE

ASSUMPTION OF COURSE THAT THE NUMBER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF BN(0)

REGISTRATION IS THE SAME AS THE PASSPORT NUMBER. OTHERWISE THE

CERTIFICATE NUMBER ALSO SHOULD BE RECORDED. IN ADDITION THE NAME

AT BIRTH IF DIFFERENT FROM THE NAME ON THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE

RECORDED AND THE PLACE OF BIRTH SHOULD INCLUDE TOWN AND

COUNTRY/TERRITORY.

(II) PARA 2(B): THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO YOUR PROPOSAL TO

MICROFILM BN(0) PASSPORT APPLICATION FORMS AND DESTROY THE PAPER

VERSION. WE WILL NEED TO BEAR IN MIND OF COURSE THAT FOR 1997

THERE MUST BE A MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE OUTGOING HONG KONG

ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE AND THE INCOMING BRITISH

CONSULATE-GENERAL PROCEDURE.

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

MF 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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