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P J Woodfield Esq CB CBI Home Office
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LC W Fige
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IBKIT
1. Following our meeting on 31 July we informed the
officers administering the Governments of Colonies that
there would now be three categories or citizenship and
asked for their views.
2. I do not think there will be auch difficulty about
finding a title for the second category, ie for British
citizens who have right of abode in dependent territories,
except in the case of Hng Kong, which is discussed below.
other The reactions of the Colonial territories haw been varied,
but after we analysed the we came to the conclusion that
they could all probably settle for some such title as
"Britisi citizen of name or dependent territory7". I gu
aware that you see difficulty with this title, but unless
there is some overriding reason for excluding it I think
ve cught to re-examine this possibility in due course. I
might add, incidentally, that none of the dependent
territories objected to provision for transmission
of citizenship through the female line except for
Gibraltar, and its objection is not a strong one.
3. However our jor concern is now for Hong Kong and as
this is the tervisory with overwhelmingly the greatest
number of "Colonial" citizens I think we shall have to
re-examine the problem from the beginning, try to resolve
this probled fiest and then consider whether the
an be toptied es Puk other
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