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HONG KONG: LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER FROM MR ALLEN LEE

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Charles Powell wrote to Bob Peirce on 21 July about

a letter the Prime Minister has received from the Senior

Member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong,

Mr Allen Lee. Mr Lee enclosed the Hansard report of the

debate in the Legislative Council of 5 July about the

Report of the House of Commons Select Committee on

Foreign Affairs on Hong Kong. A draft reply to Mr Lee

from the Prime Minister is enclosed.

As Mr Lee explains in his letter, the debate focussed

on all the issues covered by the Report. On nationality,

Members expressed strong disappointment that the Committee had not recommended the granting of the right

of abode to all 3.25 million Hong Kong British Dependent

Territories Citizens. Most maintained that this was

esssential in order to restore confidence and that

Britain had a moral obligation to do so.

objections from some Members to the idea of a selective

There were