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YOUR TEL NO 41 AND BANGKOK TEL NO 60 (FROM CRADOCK)
NATIONALITY LAW.
As explained in FCO Tel No 32 of 17 January we need
to consider alternatives to the title CUKC. Assuming
that Ministers agree to the proposal for a separate
category for colonial belongers, it is likely that the
new Nationality Act would simply define a single
collective title, to apply to citizens of all dependent
territories. This would probably be some such title
as "British Dependent Territories Citizen". In addition,
the Act would make provision for variants of this
collective title to be used for administrative purposes
in each territory.
We should be grateful for your views
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