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Action Taken
1. (A) FIRST TUR: PARA 3, LAST SENTENCE: WE AGREE. PAPERS
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO M D BOYLE, B1 DIVISION, OR J P EMERY,
DIVISION AS APPROPRIATE.
(B)
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PARA 4(A): THE HOME OFFICE INTEND TO GIVE YOU DISCRETION
TO GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE VETERANS
AND THEIR SPOUSES AND ANY DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER 18. ONLY
APPLICATIONS FROM OVERAGE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY DEPENDENT
RELATIVES NEED BE REFERRED. ENTRY CLEARANCES SHOULD BE ENDORSED
'SETTLEMENT/EX-SERVICEMEN'. YOU SHOULD USE YOUR OWN NUMBERING
SYSTEM FOR THESE ENTRY CLEARANCES. SETTLEMENT WILL BE GRANTED ON
ARRIVAL. APPLICATIONS FOR BC UNDER SECTION 6(1) OF BNA 1981 CAN
BE MADE AFTER 5 YEARS AND UNDER SECTION 6(2) AFTER 3 YEARS.
(C)
(D)
(E)
2.
REF PARA (B): AGREED.
REF PARA (C): AGREED
REF PARA (D): AGREED. HOME OFFICE WILL CONSIDER
ALLOCATING SPECIAL REFERENCE NUMBERS FOR S4(5) APPLICATIONS.
SECOND TUR. PLEASE MAKE CLEAR IN YOUR REPLY TO THE
ASSOCIATION THAT IT IS THE UNITS IN WHICH THE VETERANS SERVED
WHICH IS IMPORTANT, NOT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE LOCALLY ENLISTED.
ALSO, FIGURES QUOTED BY DELEGATION IN JANUARY GIVE TOTAL
MEMBERSHIP OF SECOND WORLD WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF 145.
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