TNAG-1570-FCO40-2136-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 4

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LNHMAN 1538 OCMIAN 4740

CONFIDENTIAL

TT HOKON

FM FCOLN TO MANIL

101145Z DEC

GRS 270

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO TELELETTER MANILA

TELELETTER

OF 101145Z DECEMBER 86

AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG

FROM C O HUM, HKD, FCO

TO HM AMBASSADOR, MANILA

ник ЗАОд

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

12 DEC 1986

FICER

PA

REGISTRY

Action Taken

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COPIED TO A CARTER, DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, HONG KONG

HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN (0) PASSPORTS

1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 13 NOVEMBER. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN OUR TELNO 2639 TO HONG KONG OF 18 NOVEMBER AND HONG KONG TELENO 3910 OF 20 NOVEMBER, BOTH COPIED TO YOU.

2. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO WE SUGGEST THAT YOU RESPOND TO THE ENQUIRIES OF ASSISTANT MINISTER GONZALES ALONG THE LINES OF PARAGRAPHS 2-4 OF OUR TUR AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF HONG KONG TUR. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT THE EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA ON HONG KONG CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE CHINESE ON 27 NOVEMBER. I AM SENDING TO YOU BY BAG COPIES OF THESE MEMORANDA TOGETHER WITH COPIES OF THE MEMORANDA EXCHANGED ON 11 APRIL 1986. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION IF YOU WISH TO HAND COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE FILIPINOS.

3. ON THE POINT ABOUT RETURNABILITY AND CHINESE ATTITUDES WHICH YOU MADE IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR TELELETTER, DURING THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE END OF NOVEMBER IN PEKING, WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION TO THE CHINESE THAT SOME COUNTRIES MIGHT SEEK CONFIRMATION FROM THEM THAT THEY HAD AGREED TO THE ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE FOR BN (0)S. ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT RESPOND THEY TOOK NOTE. WE PRESUME THAT IF ASKED BY ANY OTHER COUNTRIES THEY WILL INDEED PROVIDE CONFIRMATION AS THEY UNDERTOOK TO DO IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF THEIR MEMORANDUM OF 11 APRIL.

SIGNED CO HUM

OCMIAN 4740

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