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DJ Fitton Esq

British High Commission

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HONG KONG NATIONALITY: ETHNIC MINORITIE

1. Thank you for your fax of 20 August.

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I am afraid that the answer provided by the Indian authorities does not really help us very much. I can well understand their reluctance to be more forthcoming considering as they do that the ethnic minority in Hong Kong are our responsability. Nevertheless I should be grateful if you could go back to the MFA for more clarification. For instance what are India's naturalisation laws and how do the Indian authorities define "Indian origin" ? Could you obtain for us a copy of the relevant passages of their law ?

عيد

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J Woodrow

Hong Kong Department

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