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CFLY, BUT I NOTE THAT THE HOME OFFICE DOES NOT LIKE THAT TITLE, AND SOME GIBRALTARIANS MIGHT PREFER THAT ATTENTION SHOULD BE DRAWN TO THE STATUS OF THE TERRITORY,
BRITISH CITIZEN OF DEPENDENT OVERSEAS TERRITORIES (GIBRALTAR) WOULD BE MORE CUMBERSOME, AND WOULD BE SEEN AS LESS OF A CESTURE TOWARDS GIBRALTAR AS AN ENTITY. (HIS QUOTE GIBRALTARIAN STATUS UNQUCTE IS ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS IMPORTANT TO A GIBRALT- ARIAN THAN HIS PRESENT STATUS AS A CUKC.)
CITIZEN OF GIBRALTAR IS SIMPLE, AND WILL DESCRIBE ACCURATELY THE RIGHT OF ENTRY AND ABODE OF GIBRALTARIAN BELONGERS UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION. MANY PEOPLE IN GIBRALTAR WOULD NEVER- THELESS DEEPLY REGRET THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ANY REFERENCE- TO BRITAIN, AND IT MAY ALSO BE THOUGHT THAT THERE ARE LEGAL OR POLITICAL 03JECTIONS TO THIS DESCRIPTION.
3. 1 CONCLUDE THAT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LOCAL ACCEPTABILITY (AND THAT IS SURELY ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS, THE OTHER BEING ACCURACY OF DESCRIPTION) THERE IS MUCH ADVANTAGE IN INCORP- ORATING QUOTE GIBRALTAR UNQUOTE INTO THE TITLE, TOGETHER WITH SOME
PHRASE RECALLING GIBRALTARS STATUS AS A DEPENDENT TERRITORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HENCE THE CONTINUING LINK WITH THE UK. I HOPE THAT SERIOUS CONSIDERATION CAN THEREFORE BE GIVEN TO THE SUGGESTION IN PARAGRAPH 2(B) ABOVE. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO KNOW THE GROUNDS ON WHICH THE HOME OFFICE OBJECT TO THE RATHER SHORTER FORM AT PARAG- RAPH 2(C), BRITISH CITIZEN OF GIBRALTAR: THAT WOULD ALSO BE MORE ACCEPTABLE HERE THAN EITHER OF THE ALTERNATIVES IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 52 TO ANGUILLA 2
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