PA
CYPHER/CAT.A
CONFIDENTIAL
Mumur 12/12
PRIORITY RAWALPINDI
TELNO.MODEV 396
LAST
CONFIDENTIAL REF
Rusions Policies
Jile.
24
TO MINISTRY OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT RI EIVED IN
9 DECEMBER, 1969
23)
R.GISTRY No. 5,1
11 DEC 1969
STAG
NEW
REF
ADDRESSED TO ODM TELNO MODEY 396 OF 9 DECEMBER RFI TO FCO
AND NEW DELHI
YOUR TELNO MODEV 794 OF 5 DECEMBER TO NEW DELHI: PENSIONS.
HILK 18/31
WE WELCOME THE PROPOSAL THAT H.M.G. SHOULD TAKE OVER THE COST OF EXPATRIATE PENSIONS RELATING TO PRE-INDEPENDENCE SERVICE.
IT IS A PITY THAT WE DID NOT USE THE OPPORTUNITY OF OUR APPROACH TO THE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON MILITARY PENSIONS (SEE MY MODEV 361 OF 1 DECEMBER) TO SOUND OUT PAKISTAN'S GENERAL ATTITUDE TO THE WORKING OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM. HOWEVER WE ARE SURE THAT THE PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT WILL BE DELIGHTED TO SEE RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN OVER BY HMG AND TO SAVE THEMSELVES VALUABLE FOREIGN EXCHANGE IF THIS MEANS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE AGREED RATE OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS FROM NOW UNTIL 1997/98, (1.E. APPROX. £3 MILLION IN TOTAL).
2. WE INTERPRET PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 6 TO MEAN THAT :
A) YOU PROPOSE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT PENSIONS DUE TO EXPATRIATES IN RESPECT OF SERVICE PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE WHEREVER THEY MAY BE RESIDENT : B) YOU DO NOT ENVISAGE THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VOLUNTARILY ACQUIRED CITIZENSHIP OF PAKISTAN (E.G. BY APPLYING FOR A PAKISTANI PASSPORT) BUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY THEM OUT OF THE ANNUITY
PAYMENTS.
3. IF THIS IS CORRECT WE THINK THAT IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO DEFINE THE WORD QUOTE EXPATRIATE UNQUOTE FOR AS YOU WILL BE AWARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PENSIONERS WHOM WE WOULD REGARD AS BRITISH SUBJECTS WITHOUT CITIZENSHIP BUT WHO THE PAKISTAN IS CONSIDER TO HAVE ACQUIRED PAKISTANI CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE PAKISTAN CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 1951 BECAUSE THEY AND THEIR FATHERS WERE BORN IN WHAT IS NOW PAKISTAN. IT IS THIS CLASS OF PENSIONER
CONFIDENTIAL
/WHICH HAS BEEN
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.