6 October 1993
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Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Charles Wardle Esq MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
50 Queen Anne's Gate London
SW1H 9AT
London SW1A 2AH
From The Minister of State
Dear Charles
Thank you for your letter of 19 August about the non-Chinese ethnic minorities in Hong Kong and the wives and widows of ex-servicemen. The Hong Kong Government know of your decisions on both points.
My previous letter was intended to bring to your attention the strength of feeling which both issues have generated in Hong Kong and which filtered through into discussion of nationality matters in Parliament in July. As Minister with responsibility for Hong Kong you will appreciate that I have a duty to pass on the representations of the Hong Kong Government and the formal recommendation of the Governor on both subjects. It is also my impression that there is a growing number of MPs including on our own benches who are concerned about both these groups of people and that the pressure to change our policy will continue to mount.
I enclose a copy of the Governor's address to Legco, delivered on 6 October. You will see from para 112 that the Governor is continuting to press the case for a change in our policy on the ethnic minorities and the wives and widows of ex-servicemen.
I am also enclosing a letter which I have written to David Howell to set the record straight with the Foreign Affairs Committee on Government policy on the ethnic minorities. I am visiting Hong Kong in early October and will be in touch with you again after that to discuss this further.
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