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FCO 071620Z AUG 79
TO ROUTINE ANGUILLA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 53 OF 7 AUGUST
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AND TO ALL OFFICERS ADMINISTERING GOVERNMENTS IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
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MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEEDING TELEGRAMS: NATIONALITY LAW
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1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE NEW STATUSES
UPON THE APPOINTED DAY.
2. CITIZENSHIP OF THE METROPOLITAN TERRITORY WOULD BE ACQUIRED BY
CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES WHERE WERE
A) BORN, NATURALISED OR REGISTERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, B) WHO HAD A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT QUALIFIED AS ABOVE,
C) WHO HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR A PERIOD TO BE DECIDED.
3. COLONIAL CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE ACQUIRED MUTATIS MUTANDIS BY PERSONS WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH A COLONY IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
4. PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF NATIONALITY.
5. METROPOLITAN CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE ACQUIRED BY ALL PERSONS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WITH MINOR EXCEPTIONS) AND ALSO PY PERSONS DORN ADROAD WHOSE FATHER OR MOTHER WAS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THERE WILL ALSO BE PROVISIONS FOR NATURALISATION ETC.
6. COLONIAL CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE ACQUIRED BY BIRTH IN A COLONY, IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DECIDED WHETHER COLONIAL CITIZENSHIP OUGHT
BE ACQUIRED BY PERSONS BORN ABROAD IF THE MOTHER BUT NOT THE
FATHER WERE BORN IN A COLONY, YOUR VIEWS ARE ALSO INVITED UPON
THIS POINT.
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