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FM FCOLN TO HOKON

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 2144

OF 031300Z OCTOBER 86

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

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YOUR TELNO 3199: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN(0) PASSPORTS

1.

WE DO NOT WISH TO BE TOO PEDANTIC. BUT ON FURTHER

REFLECTION WE THINK WE SHOULD BE AS CONSISTENT AS POSSIBLE IN OUR

PUBLIC STATEMENTS WITH WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONVEY IN THE BN(0) CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS THAT IT IS BN(0) STATUS WHICH IS NEW, NOT THE PASSPORT (OR QUOTE DOCUMENT UNQUOTE) WHICH WILL BE A NORMAL BRITISH PASSPORT. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, THEREFORE, WE WOULD PREFER THE GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT TO READ QUOTE ..

THE NEW STATUS AND THE PASSPORT THAT GOES WITH IT.

RECOGNITION OF

UNQUOTE.

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:

LIR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

LEGAL ADVISERS

MR PLANT,

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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