CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 052200Z CANBERRA
TELNO
OF 051615Z MARCH 91
DESKBY
PERSONAL FOR PS/LORD CAITHNESS (VISITING) FROM PAUL, HKD
GUARDIAN ARTICLE ON THE NATIONALITY SCHEME
1.
The Secretary of State has seen an article by Gerald Segal
in the Guardian of 5 March (which we are faxing to you)
are faxing to you) in which
he claims that there have been applications for less than ten
per cent of the available places under the Nationality Scheme.
The Secretary of State wants the record put straight.
2.
I suggest that the best way of achieving this would be for
Lord Caithness to write to the Guardian setting out the true
position. MIFT contains a draft. In the interests of brevity
the final paragraph could be omitted, although it contains some
useful points.
3. In order to meet the deadline for submission of letters to
the Editor, it would be most helpful to have Lord Caithness'
approval deskby 061130Z.
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