TNAG-2936-FCO40-4211-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1993 — Page 57

But these people too could be affected in a "worst case"

We do not expect such a scenario to happen, and it is not

sensible to speculate in any detail about such a hypothetical

situation. In 1989 the then Foreign Secretary, Sir Geoffrey

Howe, told the Foreign Affairs Committee that if, against all

our expectations, the worst were to happen after 1997 the United

Kingdom, with its special responsibility for the colony, would

have to respond to that. Needless to say the Government stands

fully by that assurance.

brief.legco.BB

SLM

!

f

C