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CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE
TELNO 282
FCO
OF 040945Z DECEMBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2378 AND HK TELNO 3965: NATIONALITY PACKAGE: CHINESE
-ATTITUDE
1. WE WERE CONSULTED ABOUT HK TUR AND AGREE WITH IT.
2. YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW THAT SIR Y K PAO TOLD ME LAST WEEK THAT HE
BELIEVED THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT IN 1997 OFFER A ONE OFF OPTION TO
FOREIGN CITIZENS OF CHINESE RACE IN HONG KONG TO RENOUNCE THEIR
FOREIGN NATIONALITY AND ACCEPT CHINESE NATIONALITY IF THEY WISHED.
CLEARLY BDTCS WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS. THE IMPLICATIONS WAS THAT ANYBODY NOT RENOUNCING THEIR FOREIGN CITIZENSHIP WOULD FROM
THEN ON BE TREATED AS A FOREIGNER. I AM NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS WAS
SIR Y K PAO'S OWN IDEA OR WHETHER HE HAD HAD IT FROM A CHINESE SOURCE, BUT IT MAY BE A ROUTE THAT HAS OCCURED TO THE CHINESE.
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