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Registr No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret,
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT Letter
To:-
T Raison Esq
Home Office
Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AT
HKK340/1
With HKK
Type 1 +
From
Mr R Luce
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
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REVIEW OF THE LAW OF NATIONALITY: OBJECTIONS FROM DEPENDENCIES
1.
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I have to draw your attention to objections which have
been received from dependent territories against the proposal
in the Green Paper on British nationality law to create a
class of United Kingdom national termed "British Overseas
Citizen" which is to include all persons who are now citizens
of the United Kingdom and Colonies who have no right of abode
in the United Kingdom. I understand that reports from a number
of colonies have been sent to your officials and you will know
that the Governor of Hong Kong mentioned the problem when he
called on the Home Secretary on 14 June. Hong Kong, of
course, is one of the colonies which feels strongly about the
proposals in the Green Paper.
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2. The objection of the dependencies is basically/being
given a citizenship of inferior status. This is partly a
SUYAKE question of sensitive rights and partly a question of
terminology. It is, of course, necessary to distinguish
people who belong to colonies from people who belong to the
metropolitan territory but it would seem only right to give
those who belong to colonies rights in them equal to the right
others possess in the United Kingdom. This would involve
creating a third class of nationality for those who have
no right of abode in any territory.
Names will have to be
found for this new class of nationality and I suggest that
further thought be given to this aspect32006 the sidecknell
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