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SEEKING EXEMPTION FROM NORMAL IMMIGRATION RULES AND CERTAINLY DID NOT EXPECT THAT AN ENDORSEMENT IN THEIR PASSPORT WOULD EXEMPT
WE REALISE THAT THEM FROM NORMAL IMMIGRATION FORMALITIES. UNOFFICIALS UNDERSTAND THE POSITION WELL: THE CONCERN IS HOWEVER TO AVOID ANYTHING WHICH MIGHT LEAD INDIVIDUAL PASSPORT HOLDERS TO BELIEVE THAT THEY NEED NOT PASS THROUGH NORMAL IMMIGRATION FORMALITIES, SINCE THIS WOULD SERVE ONLY TO INCREASE CONFUSION AND RESENTMENT AT PORTS OF ENTRY. BUT YOU SHOULD ASSURE EXCO THAT HMG WILL INDEED CONSIDER CAREFULLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE TWO PRELIMINARY DEBATES WHETHER AN ACCEPTABLE FORMULA CAN BE FOUND WHICH WILL MEET THEIR CONCERNS.
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BUT YOU WILL WISH STRIKE THE SAME NOTE AS THAT IN THE COMMONS.
TO POINT OUT TO EXCO THE SENTENCE:
'BUT OUR MINDS ARE NOT CLOSED AND I SHALL LISTEN
CAREFULLY TO YOUR LORDSHIP'S VIEWS IN THESE MATTERS'.
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