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FROM M A IVES, JAKARTA

FOLLOWING FOR NATIONALITY AND TREATY DEPARTMENT, FCO

HONG KONG CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY (CI)

1. IN A FOLLOW UP TO OUR NOTE TO THE DFA ABOUT BRITISH NATIONALS

OVERSEAS, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED ORALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CI HOLDERS.

2.

WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY SUCH PERSONS VISIT INDONESIA BUT

CLEARLY THE INDONESIANS WISH TO BE REASSURED THAT THEY ARE NOT

GOING TO BE BURDENED WITH ANY AT A FUTURE DATE. WHILST HAVING

ADVISED THEM THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE, IT WOULD

NEVERTHELESS BE USEFUL TO HAVE SOME GUIDANCE.

3. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ARE:

A) WILL CIS CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AFTER 1 JULY 1987?

B) WILL THEY GIVE THE SAME GUARANTEE OF RE-ENTRY TO HONG KONG?

C) WILL THEY BE VALID FOR TEN YEARS, AS AT PRESENT, OR ONLY UNTIL

30 JUNE 1997?

D) WHAT HAPPENS TO CI HOLDERS AFTER 1 JULY 1997 - IN PARTICULAR

THOSE WHO ARE OVERSEAS AT THAT TIME?

4. I SHOULD WELCOME SOME EARLY ADVICE PLEASE.

SIGNED: MA IVES

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