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PERSONAL AND SECRET
Nationality and Treaty Department Clive House, Petty France
Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1
I, M Davies Esq CMG OBE Colonial Secretariat Hong Kong
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Your reference
Our reference GNN 1/1
Date 6 August 1975
NATURALISATIONS IN HONG KONG
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Your predecessor wrote to Andrew Stuart on 16 February 1974 (reference SCR 832/3481/72) about the grant of certificates of naturalisation in Hong Kong. He referred to arrangements made in correspondence with the Governor in 1973 to effect a slight reduction in the number of persons being naturalised and said that for administrative reasons the reduction in the year 1973 had been much greater than had been planned.
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2. In paragraph 5 of the Governor's despatch NAT/MISC/5 Pt 11 of 6 June Rowlands says that the number of naturalisation certificates being sent to us for approval will be increasing during the next few months in order to dispose of a backlog. view of the very considerable decrease which took place two years ago we can understand that there should be some increase now but I would like to be assured that in dealing with the backlog the Immigration Department will still adhere to the criteria agreed in the 1973 correspondence.
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3. As I am not sure how far the Immigration Department have been briefed on the 1973 discussions I have thought it preferable not to write direct to them on this subject.
J S Dixon
cc. Mr O'Keeffe HKIOD
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