TNAG-1571-FCO40-2137-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 43

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UNCLASSIFIED

HONG KONG : BN(0) PASSPORT

TO FILE 225/3/18/2/3 FROM FILE 528/1/3/5

WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION T FORMALLY ENDORSE THE BN(0) PASSPORT. GRATEFUL, THEREFORE, YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

BEGINS:

THE AUSTRALIAN CONSULATE-GENERAL ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT, FOLLOWING AN EXAMINATION OF THE BN(0) PASSPORT, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAD NOW AGREED FORMALLY TO RECOGNISE THE NEW PASSPORT. IN SO DOING, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT HAD REAFFIRMED ITS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.

FOR BEIJING AND LONDON

2. FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

ENDS.

HKTK 300/ RECEIVED IN REGISTRY - 6 JAN 1987

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