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Hong Kong SAR) should stand guarantor for defaulting British

nationals. The possible repatriation consequences were

not considered at the time that BN (O) status was discussed

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and, given the overall context, it may well not have been

appropriate to do so.

10. The same threshold that needs to be covered is whether

to concede the facility of repatriation to a foreign

effectiv

country without affecting leverage to make good any under-

takings to repay. The political argument for taking BN (O)s

as a special category in this request are strong.

while there is no way of estimating how many repatinations

but

BN(0)

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However,

epatin

to the Hong Kong SAR may occur, we could reasonably hope

that they would be relatively few and would not in fact

Λ involve us in heavy expenditure. Many Hong Kong BN-(→) s

could be expected to resist repatriation to Hong Kong after

1997 before exploring all other alternatives. And we might,

in some circumstances, be able to exert some leverage for

later recovery of costs by impounding BN (0) passports at

the point of departure and issuing the holder with an

Emergency single-journey passport.

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fald & I The political argumento in jourous of continuity beyond 1997 in our arrangements for BN (o) passport holdes are very

strong.

sen. [ now para 8].

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