DSR 11C
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that they receive the same treatment as British citizens
employed by a business or certain other type of
organisation based in the UK.
I should be glad of confirmation that that is
indeed the position and that the provisions will be
drafted accordingly.
I should add that I remain very
concerned about the position of British people other
than Crown Servants, working in the European Community
Institutions: and that of UK expatriates working in
the governments of Dependent Territories. I fear that
treating them less well than Crown Servants, as you
propose, will make it more difficult to achieve our
aims, important, in the context of our European policy,
of recruitment and promoting better links with this
important group of expatriates: and of ensuring the
good government of our remaining colonies. And I should
much prefer the legislation to equate their status
with that of Crown Servants,more particularly since otherwise there will in practice be differentation
in treatment between them and those of their colleagues
who happen to be Crown Servants. But if you are really
convinced that it is impossible to make provision of this
kind for those officials, I am reluctantly prepared to
concede the point.