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2.

in effect watertight.

DSR 11C

5. The arguments against extending an undertaking to

destitute

repatriate BN (0) passport holder to Hong Kong after

30 June 1996 are first that we should be setting an

is that

unwelcome precedent. [Repatriation is not a statutory right

and is only conceded as a last resort; to start repatriating

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hat British passport holders to a foreign country would be a

radical departure from established practice and we might.

find it difficult to defend ourselves against claimants

for similar treatment elsewhere. But Hong Kong could be

represented as a special case.

more

down.

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would be likely to have an unsettling affect on

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6.

Secondly, we should, in effect, have to rely on the

goodwill and probity of the repatriate to repay his debt

to HMG, since we could neither instruct the Chinese SAR

immigration authorities to confiscate his/her passport on

entry nor request the Chinese Government to pursue the debt

be spending

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on our behalf. We show therefore her expenditure tax payers Mong with

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may have a little prospect of recoveral. Pursual through

the Chinese courts would, in effect, be our only option and

one likely to be costly as well as unsuccessful and—

Since there is no way of

possibly damaging politically.

knowing how may BN (0)s might apply for repatriation to

Hong Kong after 30 June 1997 or from which parts of the

world they might seek repatriation, we should be entering

into an open-ended commitment with unforeseeable consequences > But in practice very few

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7. And thirdly, there is a consideration with humainitarian

implications which could unwittingly bring unwelcome media

publicity upon our heads. There are plenty of Hong Kong

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