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NATIONALITY: INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF BN (0) PASSPORTS AT OUR REQUEST, CONSUL-GENERAL OF BELGIUM (CRAENINCKX) CALLED ON SECRETARY FOR SECURITY ON 17 DECEMBER TO RESPOND TO ANY POINTS HE MIGHT HAVE
ON THE NOTE WE SENT HIM ON THE BN (0) STATUS AND THE PASSPORT THAT
GOES WITH IT.
2.
CRAENINCKX SAW NO REASON WHY THE BN (0) STATUS AND PASSPORT
WOULD NOT (NOT) BE ACCEPTED BY HIS GOVERNMENT AND MADE THE POINT THAT THE BENELUX COUNTRIES WOULD ACCEPT A COMMON STAND ON THE MATTER
3.
CRAENINCKX ALSO SUGGESTED THAT EEC COUNTRIES SHOULD
BE BRIEFED AS A GROUP SINCE THEIR CONCERNS AND REACTIONS WOULD BE
SIMILAR. S FOR S SAID THAT HE WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE EEC CLUB IN HONG KONG IF INVITED TO DO SO.
4. S FOR S INFORMED CRAENINCKX OF SPAIN'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE BN (0)
PASSPORT AND THE ABOLITION OF VISA REQUIREMENT AS FROM 15 JANUARY 1987. CRAENINCKX IN RESPONSE SAID THAT HE SAW NO REASON WHY THE PRESENT VISA-FREE ARRANGEMENT FOR HONG KONG BDTC PASSPORT HOLDERS TRAVELLING TO BELGIUM SHOULD NOT CONTINUE AND BE EXTENDED TO FUTURE
BN (0) PASSPORT HOLDERS.
AKERS-JONES
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HMLNAN 6385
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
3
MR OSBORNE NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
LEGAL ADVISERS
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR WILSON
MR BARRINGTON
MR PLANT,
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR LYON, HOME OFFICE
MF EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
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