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1982 Oct 4 - 1986 Jun 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1798
Hong Kong (Nomenclature in Hong Kong passports: requests for British citizenship)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 201
Any docs withheld? 7

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82 Oct 4 Mo Major Hong Kong: No.10 minute to Pym PS ("Visit of the Prime Minister to the Far East") [follow-up actions] [released Jul 2017]
82 Oct 11 Mo Major Hong Kong: Pym PS letter to No.10 ("Nomenclature in Passports") [disagreement between FCO & Home Office over proposal to include 'British National' in Hong Kong passports; MT agrees to meeting to discuss] [released Jul 2017]
82 Oct 14 Th Major Hong Kong: FCO record of conversation (Pym, S.Y. Chung) [future of Hong Kong & the British Nationality Act 1981] [released Jul 2017]
82 Oct 14 Th Major Hong Kong: FCO record of conversation (future of Hong Kong & the British Nationality Act) [Lord Belstead, S.Y. Chung, A.E. Donald] [released Jul 2017]
82 Oct 21 Th Major Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym, Whitelaw) ["Hong Kong Passports"] [released Jul 2017]
82 Nov 16 Tu Major Hong Kong: Pym minute to MT ("Hong Kong Passports") [MT agrees Pym's proposed amendments to UK/Dependent Territories passports, despite Whitelaw's reservations] [released Jul 2017]
82 Nov 22 Mo Major Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government telegram 1358 to FCO (1040Z) ("Nomenclature in Passports") [statement to be made in Legislative Council on amendments to UK/Dependent Territories passports] [released Jul 2017]
83 Jul 15 Fr Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Endorsements in Passports of British Dependent Territories Citizens (BDTC's)") [Howe supports case for amendments to BDTC passports wording, as put forward by UMELCO officials during recent visit to UK] [released Jul 2017]
85 Sep 30 Mo Major Hong Kong: Hurd minute to MT (nationality provisions of the Hong Kong Act 1985) [White Paper] [released Jul 2017]
85 Oct 1 Tu Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to MT ("Hong Kong Nationality Order in Council") [Howe gives qualified approval to draft White Paper] [released Jul 2017]
85 Nov 25 Mo Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to Biffen ("Hong Kong: White Paper on the Nationality Provisions of the Hong Kong Act 1985") [Howe endorses Hurd's proposed arrangements for debates in Parliament] [released Jul 2017]
85 Dec 17 Tu Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to Biffen ("Hong Kong: White Paper on the Nationality Provisions of the Hong Kong Act 1985") [scheduling of debates in Parliament] [released Jul 2017]
86 Jan 21 Tu Major Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Michael Sandberg) ["Hong Kong: Immigration": British nationality for potential investors] [released Jul 2017]
86 Jan 22 We Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to Hurd ("Hong Kong Nationality Order in Council") [proposed response to calls from Hong Kong for amendments, following debates in Parliament & visit to UK of UMELCO delegation] [released Jul 2017]
86 Jan 27 Mo Major Hong Kong: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Hong Kong Nationality Order in Council") [No.10 advised to take 'wait and see' approach over FCO/Home Office difference of views/discussions on "risk of having to impose a visa regime on people in Hong Kong"] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 10 Mo Major Hong Kong: Howe minute to Hurd ("Hong Kong Nationality Order in Council") [possible endorsement in BN(O) passports; response to Legislative Council concerns; ensuring "that BN(O)s have the same rights of access as are currently enjoyed by Hong Kong BDTCs"] [released Jul 2017]
86 Mar 18 Tu Major Hong Kong: No.10 letter to Hurd PS ("Hong Kong Nationality Order in Council") [MT not impressed by Home Office argument against granting UK passports to wealthy Hong Kong businessmen; asks Hurd to revisit the issue with Howe & then discuss with her] [released Jul 2017]
86 Mar 19 We Major Hong Kong: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Hurd) ["Immigrants from Hong Kong": MT seeks to break impasse on granting UK passports to wealthy Hong Kong businessmen] [released Jul 2017]
86 Mar 20 Th Major Hong Kong: MT letter to Miss Lydia Dunn (Nationality Order in Council) [holding response to passport/citizenship concerns pending finalisation of draft Order] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 1 Tu Major Hong Kong: Howe PS letter to Hurd PS (acquisition of UK citizenship by Hong Kong businessmen) [views of Howe & Governor Youde on proposals] [released Jul 2017]