TNAG-2180-FCO40-3117-Hong-Kong-nationality-international-support-1990 — Page 77

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IN REGISTRY

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Action Taken

STATE

1 t WE HAVE SEEN PRESS REPORTS HERE THAT DUPI

VISIT PRESIDENT VENKATARAMAN EXPRESSED ANXIETY ABOUT THE

POSITION OF PEOPLE OF INDIAN ORIGIN IN HONG KONG.

2. YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE ADVISED AGAINST ASKING THE GOI DURING LORD BRABAZON'S VISIT TO INDIA IN FEBRUARY TO GIVE ENTRY CLEARANCES OR CITIZENSHIP TO 3,000 -ODD HONG KONG CITIZENS OF INDIAN ORIGIN (NEW TELNO TELNO 130). LORD BRABAZON DID NOT RAISE THIS. BUT NOW THAT PRESIDENT VENKATARAMAN HAS RAISED IT HIMSELF, THERE IS PERHAPS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF A SYMPATHETIC INDIAN RESPONSE, AND THIS QUESTION MAY THEREFORE BEAR LOOKING AT AGAIN.

3. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WHEN HE CALLED ON V P SINGH MR

KAUFMAN SAID THAT A LABOUR GOVERNMENT WOULD AIM TO GIVE UK RIGHT OF ABODE TO ALL THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN HONG KONG, OF WHICH

THE MAJORITY ARE INDIAN.

4. IF YOU DO DECIDE TO TAKE THIS FORWARD, I SUGGEST THAT YOU ALSO CONSULT THE HIGH COMMISSIONER WHILE HE IS IN THE

DEPARTMENT

AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE SENDING US ANY INSTRUCTIONS.

SIGNED S JL WRIGHT

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