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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1592 OF 3 DECEMBER
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CATER'S LETTER (62) IN SCR 39/2091/72 V OF THE 20TH OCTOBER AND OUR TELEGRAM 1372 OF 20 OCTOBER: WHITE PAPER ON BRITISH
NATIONALITY.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE DISCUSSION CLIFT/DAVIES THAT CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE POINTS MADE IN THIS LETTER MAY HAVE BEEN DEFERRED PENDING THE FURTHER SUBMISSION PROMISED IN PARAGRAPH 11.
2. WE SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF ALL SUBMISSIONS ON THE WHITE
PAPER ON NATIONALITY WHICH WE HAVE MADE COULD NOW BE CONSIDERED.
3. THERE WILL BE ONE FURTHER SUBMISSION ON THE USE WHICH IT IS INTENDED SHOULD BE MADE IN FUTURE OF THE PROPOSAL IN PARAGRAPH 70
OF THE WHITE PAPER CMND. 7987. IN THE MEANTIME DOES THE DRAFT BILL
OFFER ANY CLARIFICATION OF THE EXTENT OR CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THIS PROPOSED SCHEME OF NATURALISATION, REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 70,
WILL BE USED? OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD PREFER THE BILL TO GIVE AS WIDE
DISCRETION AS POSSIBLE.
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