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TO DESKBY 03090OZ FCO TELNO 1140
OF 030815Z APRIL 90
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MDHIAN 7081
PERSONAL FOR MORRIS, HKD, FROM DONALD TSANG
UK NATIONALITY SCHEME: PUBLICATION OF SCHEME
1. THANKYOU FOR THE NOTICE OF POSSIBLE PUBLICATION OF THE BILL AND EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM IN THE AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL, LONDON TIME, INSTEAD OF THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THAT WOULD MEAN HOLDING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND OTHER BRIEFINGS VERY LATE AT NIGHT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SIMULTANEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT IN LONDON AND HONG KONG. THIS WOULD BE INCONVENIENT TO THOSE BEING BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO MANAGE, WE WOULD OF COURSE PREFER AN EARLY MORNING ANNOUNCEMENT IN LONDON.
2. WHATEVER THE FINAL DECISION BY MINISTERS ON TIMING, GRATEFUL IF YOU WILL CONVEY IT TO ME AT ONCE BY TELEPHONE SO THAT I CAN START MAKING PREPARATION IMMEDIATELY FOR ANNOUNCEMENT HERE THE FOLLOWING DAY. GRATEFUL IF YOU WILL ALSO FAX TO ME AT THE SAME TIME THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL, EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TOGETHER WITH THE HMG STATEMENT, NEWS RELEASE AND Q AND A BRIEF THAT ACCOMPANY THE BILL. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND ERRORS CREATED BY UNSATISFACTORY TRANSLATION, WE SHALL NEED TO TRANSLATE MOST OF THESE PAPERS OURSELVES AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE WHEN WE MEET THE PRESS.
3. IF THE DECISION IS FOR PUBLICATION ON 4 APRIL PM, WE WILL ALSO NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO RELEASE AN EMBARGOED VERSION OF THE BILL AND EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO ABOUT FOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, TWO ENGLISH AND TWO CHINESE, AT ABOUT 8 PM HONG KONG TIME, SO THAT THEY COULD REPRODUCE THE WHOLE TEXT FOR THE MORNING PAPERS ON 5 APRIL. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE PAPERS CHOSEN WILL BEHAVE DISCREETLY. WITHOUT THIS ARRANGEMENT PRESS COVERAGE IN THE PRINT MEDIA ON 5 APRIL COULD BE CHAOTIC. THE PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE REST OF THE MEDIA WILL THEN BE HELD CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT ON 4 APRIL.
WILSON
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