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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, TEL NO 286 OF 19 APRIL
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
YOUR TEL 375: NATIONALITY LAW,
RECEIVED IN
ARMISTRY NO. 51 2 1APR 1977.
Nick 3 yoll
1. WE AGREE WITH THE ACTION PROPOSED IN YOUR PARA 3. THE TEXT OF
A LEAFLET WHICH COULD BE ISSUED LOCALLY BY POSTS WHEN THE
GREEN PAPER IS PUBLISHED WAS CONTAINED IN SAVING NO 1 TO BIS NEW
YORK COPIED TO YOU ON 14 APRIL. THERE IS ONE CORRECTION NEEDED. IN
THE THIRD SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE LEAFLET THE WORD QUOTE
WITH UNQUOTE SHOULD BE CHANGED TO QUOTE UNTIL UNQUOTE.
2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 4: THE FINAL DRAFT OF GREEN PAPER SHOULD BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS (THE MORE MINOR AMENDMENTS ARE NOT LISTED).
PREFACE
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FIRST PARAGRAPH: DELETE LAST SENTENCE.
FOURTH PARAGRAPH: THIS NOW READS QUOTE THE LAW OF NATIONALITY EVOLVED SLOWLY AND IT IS ONLY COMPARATIVELY RECENTLY THAT
IT HAS HAD A STATUTORY BASIS. THE GOVERNMENT ARE ANXIOUS TO
ENSURE THAT ANY REVISION OF THE LAW SHOULD PROVIDE A SYSTEM
WHICH IS BOTH SATISFACTORY AND LASTING: AND THAT IN REMOVING
DIFFICULTIES AND GRIEVANCES WHICH CHANGES IN THE NATURE
OF THE COMMONWEALTH SINCE 1948 HAVE PLACED ON THE SYSTEM
THEN INTRODUCED, IT SHOULD NOT CREATE FRESH DIFFICULTIES.
THIS IS A COMPLEX TASK REQUIRING TIME FOR FULL CONSIDERATION
OF ALL THE ISSUES INVOLVED. UNQUOTE
THE POSSIBLE CHANGES ---*
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PARAGRAPH HEADED QUOTE MOVEMENT WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY UNQUOTE: IN LINE 3 FOR QUOTE NEGOTIATION UNQUOTE SUBSTITUTE
QUOTE CONSULTATION UNQUOTE.
PARAGRAPH HEADED QUOTE BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENSHIP UNQUOTE:
IN LINE 6 FOR QUOTE AND UNQUOTE SUBSTITUTE QUOTE OR UNQUOTE.
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