TNAG-2029-FCO40-2891-Hong-Kong-freezing-of-Kuwaiti-and-Iraqi-assets-1990 — Page 63

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NOTIFICATION OF LOSS AND DAMAGE SUFFERED BY UK NATIONALS AND

COMPANIES IN KUWAIT AND IRAQ

1.

I attach a recent exchange of minutes with Legal

Advisers on this subject.

2. It seems clear that the definition of a UK national (for

the purposes of SCR 674 (1990)) includes all those persons

who, under the BNA 1981, are British Nationals.

Furthermore, "their corporations" also include those incorporated in the dependent territories.

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3. We are now in a position to answer Hong Kong's enquiry (see teleletter of 3 November attached). I would, however,

be grateful for your comments on the method of collection of

information as referred to by Mr Fifoot in para 2 of his

minute. Can you agree to the Hong Kong Government acting on

behalf of NTCD in collecting the necessary information?

there a separate form for corporations? Do you see a need

to amend the notice to indicate that it is also applicable to the Dependent Territories? This would be tidier and less

likely to create misunderstanding, although if the

applicability of the form were made clear to applicants in

the DTS, then there might not be a difficulty.

4.

Grateful for your early comments please, to incorporate

in a response to Hong Kong.

Whene

T Furness

Hong Kong Department

27 November 1990

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