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YOUR TELNOS 1 SAVING TO ABIDJAN AND GUIDANCE 66: GREEN PAPER ON NATIONALITY

1. GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE ON FOLLOWING POINTS IF POSSIBLE BEFORE I

CALL ON AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION MINISTER, IN WEEK BEGINNING 17 APRIL: (A) WILL AUSTRALIANS AS COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS RETAIN RIGHT OF

REGISTRATION AS BRITISH CITIZENS ON TERMS EASIER THAN THOSE

FOR ALIENS OR WILL THIS SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR COMMONWEALTH

CITIZENS DISAPPEAR? (SEE PARA 7 OF SIR M JAMES'S LETTER OF 28/1/76 TO HAWLEY AND PARA 5 OF ITS ENCLOSURE.) (B) IF AND WHEN WE APPROPRIATE USE OF TERM ''BRITISH'' FOR THE

UK, SHALL WE BE ASKING AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH

COUNTRIES TO ABANDON ITS USE AS SYNONYM FOR COMMONWEALTH

CITIZEN (SEE PARAS 8-9 OF ENCLOSURE TO SIR M JAMES'S LETTER TO HAWLEY)?

(C) DO AMY'S LETTER GNN 340/2 OF 14 SEPTEMBER TO HEWITT AND

PARAS 5(D) AND 6(A) OF GUIDANCE 66 APPLY TO PERSONS WHO ARE

NOW UKCS BUT WHO LOSE BC STATUS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF NEW

ACT BY VOLUNTARILY ACQUIRING AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP (16

WILL SUCH PEOPLE RETAIN FOR LIFE THEIR RIGHTS OF ENTRY

INTO UK TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY, RIGHT TO WORK IN UK, ETC, DESPITE LOSS OF THEIR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER LIMITATIONS ON DUAL NATIONALITY?)?

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