THE HOME OFFICE OBVIOUSLY DO NOT EXPECT THE
GOVERMENTS CONCERNED TO WELCOME THE CHANGE. WHAT
THEY WOULD LIKE IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT THEIR PUBLIC TITUDE TO IT WILL JE. HOME OFFICE MINISTERS WILL
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.E HOPING FOR SOME SORT OF ASSURANCE OR INDICATION
THAT THE GOVERNMENTS WILL NOT RAISE FORMAL OBJECTIONS
OR PUBLICLY CRITICISE THE CHANGE. AS YOU MAY KNOW,
IN 1972 SOME CONSERVATIVE MPS VOTED WITH THE LABOUR
OPPOSITION AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION RULES THEN TABLED
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT REGARD THEM AS ADEQUATELY
RECOGNISING CONNECTIONS WITH THE OLD COMMONWEALTH, AND
IT WAS THIS THAT LED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
PRESENT RULE. THE LIKELY REACTION TO THE WITHDRAWAL
OF THE RULE NOW COULD BE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
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5. IN APPROACHING THE GOVERNMENT YOU SHOULD STRESS
THAT THE REVIEW OF THE IMMIGRATION RULES IS A HIGHLY
SENSITIVE SUBJECT HERE AND SO THE CHANCES UNDER
CONSIDERATION ARE NOT BEING MADE PUBLIC. YOU MAY SAY
THAT THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING CONSULTED AT AN EARLY
STAGE ON THIS RULE SO THAT THEIR VICKS CAT PE TAKEN
PROPERLY INTO ACCOUNT. FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND
CONSULTATION WILL BE NECESSARY IN LONDON, AND THERE
ARE CERTAIN OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT, AND THERE IS NO QUESTION OF A FINAL DECISION HAVING ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO DO AWAY WITH THE UK
ANCESTRY PROVISION.
6. WE THINK THAT THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENTS WOULD ATTACH MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE
WORKING HOLIDAYMAKER RULE. THE TEXT OF THIS RULE, WITH
AMENDMENTS BEING CONSIDERED TO IT UNDERLINE",
IS IN MY
INMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TELEGRAM. YOU WILL SEE THAT THE RULE REMAINS
INTACT BUT SOME LIMITATIONS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN INTO IT, SOME
OF THEM TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SITUATIONS WHICH HAVE ARISEN. THERE
IS NO OBJECTION TO YOUR INFORMING THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS IF
YOU THINK IT WILL HELP, PROVIDED THAT IT REMAINS STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL.
7.
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REPLY TO ARRIVE NOT LATER
THAN 16 AUGUST.
3.
PLEASE RESTRICT THE CIRCULATION OF ȚU
PELEKAM.