TNAG-2178-FCO40-3115-Hong-Kong-nationality-international-support-1990 — Page 23

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

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INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT:

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Action Taken

1.

THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG E HAS TOLD US THAT HIS GOVERNMENT IS STILL CONSIDERING A SCHEME WHEREBY EMPLOYEES OF GERMAN FIRMS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WOULD BE GRANTED RESIDENT IN GERMANY PROVIDED THAT THE FIRMS WERE ABLE TO GUARANTEE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN FRG. THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TO BE GIVEN SUCH ASSURANCES, WHICH WOULD NOT BE TIMELIMITED, WAS EXPECTED TO BE NOT (NOT) MORE THAN 500. THE CONSUL-GENERAL ADDED THAT WITH THE FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS FROM EAST GERMANY, GRANTING FULL NATIONALITY WITHOUT RESIDENCE WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

2. THIS MILDLY ENCOURAGING AND BONN MAY WISH TO SEEK CONFIRMATION.

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