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HONG KONG: BN(0) STATUS
1.
BEFORE ACTING ON LE BRETON'S LETTER OF 23 SEPTEMBER, GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE AND LINE TO TAKE WITH MEA ON POINT THAT SOME BN(0)S MAY LOSE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, BUT IN PRACTICE ONLY THOSE WITH A RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE. WHO DO WE EXPECT TO BE AFFECTED, AND DO THEY INCLUDE INDIANS?
2. THE MEA WILL HAVE THE PARALLEL OF EAST AFRICAN ASIANS IN MIND. THERE IS ALSO SENSITIVITY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HONG KONG INDIANS BEING LEFT STATELESS.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH DEPT (FE) HONTD
DEP/HD/PUSD PS/MR RENTON MR GILLMORE MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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