CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 322
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12 FEB 1990
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OF 241115Z JANUARY 90
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YOUR TELNO 203: CHINESE STATEMENTS ON NATIONALITY PACKAGE : PQ
1. WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING REPLY TO MR. ROWLANDS' FIRST QUESTION:
2. SECTION IV OF THE JOINT DECLARATION (JD 74) PREVENTS FOREIGN NATIONALS FROM BEING HEADS OF MAJOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AFTER 1997, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FROM BEING DEPUTY HEADS OF SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. THE CHINESE HAVE ELABORATED ON THIS
PROVISION IN THE DRAFT BASIC LAW. BASED ON THE SECOND DRAFT OF THE BASIC LAW AND RECENT PROPOSALS BY BASIC LAW DRAFTERS, WE ESTIMATE THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY SOME 20 TO 30' OFFICIALS HOLDING SUCH POSTS.
3. WE PRESUME THAT IN HIS SECOND QUESTION MR. ROWLANDS IS ASKING HOW MANY OFFICIALS IN THE PRESENT HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION WHO MIGHT ASPIRE TO HOLDING THESE POSTS AFTER 1997 WOULD BE PREVENTED FROM DOING SO BY JD 74. IF SO, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER AS WE DO NOT YET KNOW WHICH OFFICIALS WILL BE REGARDED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES AS CHINESE NATIONALS AND WHO WILL BE REGARDED AS FOREIGN NATIONALS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CHINESE NATIONALITY LAW.
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