CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 3114
OF 26124OZ NOVEMBER 87
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MY FOURTH IPT: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG: PASSAGE ON
NATIONALITY
D) NATIONALITY AND PASSPORTS
1.
THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER (1986) CAME
INTO EFFECT ON 1 JULY 1987 AND WITH IT THE NEW STATUS OF BRITISH
NATIONAL (OVERSEAS). PASSPORTS IN THE NEW STATUS BEGAN TO BE
ISSUED ON THAT DATE.
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AN EXTENSIVE DIPLOMATIC EXERCISE TO EXPLAIN THE NEW
BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) STATUS AND PASSPORT TO OTHER
GOVERNMENTS WAS BEGUN IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AND CONTINUED UP TO AND
BEYOND THEIR INTRODUCTION ON 1 JULY 1987. THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN
VERY ENCOURAGING. HMG ARE CONFIDENT THAT TRAVELLERS FROM HONG
KONG USING A BN (0) PASSPORT WILL FIND IT AS CONVENIENT AS A HONG
KONG BDTC PASSPORT. A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BN (0) PASSPORTS ARE NOW IN USE AND, AS FAR AS THE GOVERNMENT ARE AWARE, NO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED. THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT, SHOULD ANY DIFFICULTIES OVER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF BNCO) PASSPORTS OCCUR, THEY WILL BE RESOLVED RAPIDLY AND SATISFACTORILY.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED
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