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iii)
the implications of limiting transmission of
citizenship by descent to one generation only.
iv) the limitation of categories who might be equated
with Crown Servants (e.g. EEC and UN agency
officials).
The most controversial provision in the 1977 Green Paper
nationality and that which causes most difficulty for the
O is the one which provides for two basic citizenships:-
British Citizenship, for those with right of abode in
the United Kingdom; and
i)
ii) British Overseas Citizenship, for the remainder.
he purpose of this provision is to distinguish persons who
elong to the United Kingdom from those who do not, for
mmigration purposes. Since the publication of the Green
aper there have been strong protests from Hong Kong,
ibraltar and the Falkland Islands objecting to their
citizens being given what is, by the very terminology, a
second-class status. Furthermore, they object to being
lumped together with those who have no right of abode either
in the United Kingdom or a dependency. A summary of the
objections from these dependencies, each of which considers
itself to be a special case, is given at Annex B.
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5. These objections to the creation of British Overseas
Citizenship have been communicated to the Home Office from
time to time - and the Governor of Hong Kong communicated his
views in person during his recent visit - but the Home Office
officials concerned have continued to work within the guide-
lines laid down by the Green Paper.
6.
If the Home Office view prevails, and a status called
British Overseas Citizenship is imposed as presently envisaged it will lead to a grave deterioration of HMG's relations With
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