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CNOV 1986
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
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OCMIAN 9633
CONFIDENTIAL
RR NEDEL
FM FCOLN TO NEDEL
161230Z OCT
GRS 285
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE NEW DELHI
TELNO 994
OF 161230Z OCTOBER 86
CONFIDENTIAL
69633
YOUR TEL 1353: HONG KONG:
1.
BN (0) STATUS
ALL BN(0)S WILL HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG UNTIL
1 JULY 1997. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS AFTER THAT DATE WILL BE
THE VERY SMALL NUMBER INDICATED IN PARA 4 OF LE BRETON'S
LETTER OF 23 SEPTEMBER. WE CANNOT DEFINE THE KIND OF
PERSONS THEY WILL BE. WE HAVE SO FAR IDENTIFIED ONLY ONE
PERSON WHO FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY: THE CHILD OF A GURKHA
SOLDIER BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JAN 1983 WHO IS LIVING IN
NEPAL AND IS A CITIZEN OF THAT COUNTRY. WE ANTICIPATE THAT
ANY OTHERS WHO MAY COME TO LIGHT WILL BE PERSONS WHO HAVE
LEFT HK PERMANENTLY AND WHO ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CITIZENSHIP
(AND THUS RIGHT OF ABODE IN THAT COUNTRY) AS WELL AS BDTC.
THEY WOULD THEREFORE HAVE LITTLE REASON TO APPLY FOR BN(0)
STATUS. YOU CAN DRAW ON THE ABOVE, IN ADDITION TO THE
GUIDANCE IN LE BRETON'S LETTER, IN ANSWERING ANY INDIAN
QUERIES ON THIS POINT. PLEASE EMPHASIZE THE EXTREMELY SMALL
NUMBER OF BN (0)S LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.
2.
THE PROVISIONS IN THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY)
ORDER 1986 FOR THE REDUCTION OF STATELESSNESS ENSURE THAT
NO-ONE WHO CEASES TO BE A BDTC ON 1 JULY 1997 WILL BECOME
STATELESS. IF THEY HAVE NO OTHER NATIONALITY AND DO NOT OPT
FOR BN(0) STATUS THEY WILL BECOME BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS
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