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aim to abolish entirely.
Moreover (b) and (c) would
perhaps give the impression that each of our colonies
has a separate citizenship, and this might lead to
difficulties with countries such as Argentina and
Spain.
There would also be the anomaly that the words
'United Kingdom' would appear in a colonial passport
but not in that of someone born in the United Kingdom.
(d) British Citizen (Hong Kong)
(e) British (Hong Kong) Citizen
These titles would identify too closely with that which
we have wished to reserve for people connected with the
United Kingdom. There might also be drafting difficult-
ies if it were found necessary to specify each colony's
citizenship individually. They might cause confusion
among immigration officials in third countries. More-
over they would be open to the objection mentioned above
as applying to (b) and (c).
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(f) British Colonial Citizen or Citizen of the British
Colonies
Either of these variations would be acceptable to the
United Kingdom.
'Citizen of the British Colonies' is
abbreviated
perhaps marginally better, since when/it would be less
likely to be confused with the other two citizenships.
Either would appear to have the advantage, from the
point of view of Hong Kong, of containing the words
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