TNAG-2185-FCO40-3122-Ethnic-minorities-in-Hong-Kong-1990 — Page 171

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO ROUTINE HONG KONG

TELNO 549

OF 13110OZ MARCH 90

CONFIDENTIAL

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MDLOAN 8569

#KD 340/21

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 1 MAR 1990

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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

OUR TELNO 447: GRANT OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO INDIAN COMMUNITY

1 AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT

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MR HATTERSLEY WROTE TO THE CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN ORGANISATIONS

IN BRITAIN PROMISING THAT A LABOUR GOVERNMENT WOULD GIVE FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO ALL ASIANS IN HONG KONG WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BECOME STATELESS AFTER 1997 - ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE IN ALL, IT IS CLAIMED. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PRESS HAVE EXAGGERATED THE REPORT TO INCLUDE ALL/ALL ASIANS IN HONG KONG.

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MR P J WESTON

MR GILLMORE

SIR A WATTS

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