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J Rawlinson, SAD, WH 205

INDIAMAIL: WRITTEN INTERVIEW

1. Following is our contribution in reply to question 3 of the enclosure to No 10's letter of 12 October on the above:

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"There is no comparison between the quota voucher system and our scheme to grant British citizenship to up to .50,000 key people in Hong Kong and their immediate

families.

The aim of our nationality package for Hong Kong is to encourage key people to remain in the territory so that they continue to contribute to its prosperity and stability.

By contrast the voucher system was introduced to allow a controlled flow of immigrants with British passports from the former British territories in East Africa; quite the reverse of what we hope to achieve with our Hong Kong nationality scheme."

I should be grateful for a sight of your final draft on this question before it goes to No 10.

16 October 1990

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J K Hague

Hong Kong Department WH 303

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