KGOVT G
314/LIS 30
20TH JANUARY, 1001.
DIS EXCOMMISSIONER
PASSAGE TWO
"... THE GREEN PAPER PROSPED THAT ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES WHO DID NOT BECOME BRITISH CITIZENS SHOULD BECOME BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS. SOME OF THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES REPRESENTED THAT THIS PROPOSAL. DID NOT REFLECT ACCURATELY THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UN TED KINGDOM. WE WERE IMPRESSED BY THESE ARGUMENTS AND WE THEREFORE PROPOSE THAT BESIDES BRITISH CITIZENSHIP THERE SHOULD BE TWO. OTHER CITIZENSHIPS., CITIZENSHIP OF THESзAND ISR TISENDERSEES CITIZEN-
SHIP. THIS DOES NOT, HOWEVER, MEAN THAT FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES THE POSITION OF ANY OF THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN BRITISH. OVERSEAS CITIZENS UNDER THE GREEN PAPER PROPOSALS WILL BE ALTERED.
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