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the applicant has based himself in the territory and there are a compassionate or occupational extenuating circumstances of nature to excuse absences on this scale.
5.
these difficulties
So
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Gibraltar have been probing to see how they might overcome the and but
without far correspondence rests with a letter from us to the FCO dated 20 January reiterating that as we see it the legislation gives very little room for manoeuvre.
6.
Given that these are confidential discussions I advise that we give Lord Merrivale a brief reply merely informing him that will be there is no truth in
no truth in the suggestion that Gibraltar offering British nationality to people resident in Hong Kong.
Crickelly
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