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From the Secretary of State
13/3
HKC340/1
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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REGISTRY
3 APR 1990
DESK OFF live
13/3
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REGISTRY Action Taken
London SW1A 2AH
9 March 1990
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Ronnie.
When we met in the House of Commons on 11 January you raised the matter of consular protection in connection with Hong Kong.
The position is that anyone who is granted full· British citizenship will enjoy all the benefits that
this status confers. This includes the right to British consular protection throughout the world, except in the case of dual nationals in the country of their
second nationality. It is standard international
practice that dual nationals cannot claim protection
from the authorities of one of their countries of
nationality when they are in the territory of the other.
The Chinese nationality law does not recognise dual
nationality. It follows that anyone in Hong Kong who
takes full British citizenship should not be denied
British consular protection in Hong Kong for dual
nationality reasons.
ساع
DOUGLAS HURD
Ronald Grierson Esq
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