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PASSPORTS FOR BRITISH NATIONALS WITHOUT EC RIGHTS
1.
We
I have been considering what type of passport should
be issued to British nationals without EC rights when the
Common Format Passport (CFP) is introduced in 1987.
need to take a decision on this reasonably soon so that
the necessary preparations can be set in hand, governors
The attachment to of dependent territories advised etc.
this minute lists the categories concerned and provides
an estimate of the numbers in each category.
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2. We have been working on the assumption that all these categories would be issued with CFP type passports,
identical to the CFP proper except that the words
"European Community" on the cover would be ommitted.
had three considerations in mind:
We
(a) the sentiment that British nationals without EC
rights are as entitled to our protection as British nationals with EC rights and that this required that the passports should be as similar as possible;
/(b) if