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THE HOME OFFICE ARE TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANY COLONIAL TITLE CONTAINING THE WOPDS QUOTE UNITED KINGDOM UNQUOTE BECAUSE
IT BECOMES TOO CLOSE TO THE PRESENT TITLE OF CUKC (WHICH WILL DISAPPEAR) AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT USED EVEN IN THE TITLE OF
UK BELONGERS. THEIR PREFERENCE IS FOR (A) OR (B) ABOVE, WITH A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR (B). WE THINK THERE IS LITTLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO: (A) IS MORE EUPHONIOUS AND FITS WELL WITH THE TITLES OF THE OTHER 2 CATEGORIES, BUT HAS A TAINT OF INFERIOR CITIZENSHIP: AND (B) FITS WELL WITH THE CONCEPT OF CITIZENSHIP BEING RELATED TO TERRITORY. THE ALTERNATIVES (C), (D) AND (E) HAVE THE MERIT OF AVOIDING THE WORDS COLONY OR COLONIAL, WHICH HAVE BECOME RATHER EMOTIVE ISSUES IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS THESE DAYS AS WELL AS NOT BEING STRICTLY ACCURATE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF SOME OF THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
3. VIEWS SO FAR EXPRESSED BY GOVERNORS SUGGEST THAT THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF A CATEGORY FOR COLONIAL BELONGERS SEPARATE FROM THAT OF BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE NAME, AND THAT THE INCLUSION OF THE NAME OF THE COLONY TO WHICH THE PERSON BELONGED WOULD BE GENERALLY WELCOMED. NOVERTHELESS, YOUR VIEWS
ON THE OPTIONS WOULD BE WELCOMED.
4. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT THAT THERE
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BE A COLLECTIVE TITLE. FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES; INCLUDING THE DESIGNATION IN PASSPORTS, IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO INDICATE THAT TERRITORY TO WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL BELONGS. THEREFORE IN CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF A STATUTORY TITLE, I THINK WE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT THE FORM IN WHICH A PERSON WILL MOST COMMONLY SEE HIS STATUS EXPRESSED WILL BE IN HIS PASSPORT AND THIS COULD HAVE A BEARING ON PREFERENCES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE COLLECTIVE TITLE WERE BRITISH COLONIAL CITIZEN POSSIBLE WAYS WHICH HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR EXPRESSING THIS ADMINISTRATIVELY ARE-
A) BRITISH (ANGUILLA) CITIZEN
B) BRITISH COLONIAL CITIZEN (ANGUILLA)
C) BRITISH COLONIAL CITIZEN OF ANGUILLA
WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENTIRELY RULED OUT (A), BUT IT IS STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE HOME OFFICE FOR THE VALID REASONS THAT IT IS UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO QUOTE BRITISH CITIZEN UNQUOTE AND IT
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