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TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1253 OF 10 SEPTEMBER, 1979.
NATIONALITY LAW
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1. ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH 46 OF THE GREEN PAPER ON BRITISH
NATIONALITY, "THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDER THAT AS A GENERAL RULE
A NEW BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SHOULD NOT BE TRANSMITTED BEYOND
THE FIRST GENERATION BORN ABROAD, BUT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT JUSTIFY EXCEPTIONS"?
2. THE STRICT APPLICATION OF SUCH A RULE WOULD SERIOUSLY
AFFECT MANY EXPATRIATE BRITISH CITIZENS WORKING IN HONG KONG,
WHO WERE BORN ABROAD THEMSELVES AND WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE ALSO
BEEN BORN ABROAD, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD OBTAIN URGENT
CLARIFICATION FROM THE HOME OFFICE ON HOW THIS FIRST
GENERATION RULE WOULD BE APPLIED AND WHAT EXCEPTIONS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS IN MIND,
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