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8.

We

therefore

mentioned at para.

the records

be

To

propose that only 4,

5 and, probably, 6 above returned to the HMG upon the change of government. this end, I would be grateful for your advice as to :-

(a)

whether our proposal is

you,

acceptable to

(b)

if the answer to (a)

is yes,

(i) whether the records in paper form as listed in paras. 2(b) (i), 2(c),

2 (d) (ii), 2(e) (i)

2 (g) (i)

2(d) (iii),

2(f),

-

(ii), (iii), 2 (h)

ones)

can

and 2 (j)

be

(unclassified destroyed

before the

changeover,

and

(ii) how the rest of the

records

2(d) (ii),

2(g) (i)

UK-related

in microjacket form as

listed in paras. 2(b) (i), 2 (c), 2(d) (iii), 2 (e), 2(f), (iii) and 2(h) are to be disposed of in 1997, i.e. whether they can be handed over to the HK SAR government together with other non-UK-related records in the mixed pool or be segregated for destruction before the handing (As I have mentioned segregation of these form

over. earlier,

records

in

microjacket

requires a lot of manpower and

other resources.)

9.

The

other point that I would like to raise is that, as the authority for registration of a declaration of renunciation as a BN (O) registrants is rested with the Secretary of State, whether a duplicate register (in computer print-out form) will need to be generated and forwarded to the UK to facilitate their process of renunciation applications referred from British overseas posts after 1997.

We do not envisage much problem in

producing such a duplicate register.

FCOL-2 31.10.1991

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