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1980s file shows plan for Hong Kong 'plantation' in Northern Ireland ...
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"My initial reaction ... is that the proposal could be useful to the extent that the arrival of 5.5 million Chinese in Northern Ireland may induce the indigenous peoples to forsake their homeland for a future elsewhere," quipped David Snoxell at the Republic of Ireland Department. "We should not underestimate ...
National Archives reveal Hong Kong-to-NI 'spoof' - BBC News
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He sent a memorandum to David Snoxell, a colleague in the Republic of Ireland Department of the Foreign Office, saying: "At this stage we see ...
UK considered moving Hong Kong's 5.5m people to Northern Ireland ...
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It is not clear whether his tongue was in his cheek when he wrote, but by the time the reply came back two weeks later from David Snoxell at the Foreign Office, somebody had twigged that the idea was perhaps not entirely serious. "My initial reaction, however, is that the proposal could be useful to the ...
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