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FM FCO 241720Z JUL 80
TO IMMEDIATE BELMOPAN
TELEGRAM NUMBER PERSONAL 47 OF 24 JULY
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AND TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNORS, HAMILTON GRAND CAYMAN PORT STANLEY
GIBRALTAR HONG KONG MONTSERRAT GRAND TURK TORTOLA
BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE BRIDGETOWN HMS COMMISSIONER
ANGUILLA DEPUTY BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE ANTIGUA
BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE ANTIGUA
PERSONAL
NEW NATIONALITY LAW
1. THE WHITE PAPER ON NATIONALITY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE UK
AT 100OZ ON THURSDAY 31 JULY. YOU MAY THEREFORE BRIEF IN
CONFIDENCE THE CHIEF MINISTER/SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR
TERRITORY ON THE LINES GIVEN IN JONES' LETTER OF 10 JULY DURING
THE PRECEDING 24 HOURS. THE LEAFLET ENCLOSED WITH THAT LETTER
MAY BE REPRODUCED ON 31 JULY.
2.
THE HOME SECRETARY PLANS TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE
WHITE PAPER IN THE COMMONS AT 143OZ ON 31 JULY. IT IS
EXPECTED TO INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO THE DETAILS OF THE
NATIONALITY PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE WHITE PAPER, POINTS
NUMBERS 1, 2, 3 AND 6 AND THE FIRST SENTENCE OF POINT 4 IN THE
ENCLOSURE TO JONES' LETTER OF 10 JULY. HE WILL ALSO SAY THAT A
BILL WILL BE PRESENTED 'AS SOON AS PARLIAMENTARY TIME PERMITS'.
3.
THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOME SECRETARY'S
NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES. IF ASKED SIMILAR QUESTIONS YOU
SHOULD TAKE SAME LINE:
A. SHOULD ALL PRESENT CUCKS HAVE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AND THE
RIGHT OF ABODE HERE?
THIS WOULD MEAN A MASSIVE POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION COMMITMENT.
IT WOULD EMBRACE SEVERAL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THE GREAT
MAJORITY OF WHOM HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE. SINCE
THE 1960S SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY
TO CONTROL THE ENTRY INTO THE UK OF PEOPLE IN THESE
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