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a status inferior to British Citizen. The following terminology is suggested:

British Subject of the

United Kingdom

British Subject of Jersey

Lor of Guernsey, etc

British Subject of

Gibraltar

British Subject of

Hong Kong colony7

or other

British Subject /without

any words added/

11.

Persons with a right of abode in the United Kingdom

Persons with right of abode in the named island (persons from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man have no right of establishment in EEC countries).

Persons with a right of abode in Gibraltar (who have right of establishment in EEC countries).

Persons with right of abode in the named colony

(a)

Persons who are now CUKC but do not have right of abode in any British territory;

(b) Irish (see paragraph 6 iii) above);

(c) Persons from former British India (see

paragraph 6 iv) above).

In every case the popular term "British Subject" may be used correctly to describe a person's status, with the additional words available for use in passports or on other occasions when precision is necessary..

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R G Smedley

Nationality and Treaty Department

18 July 1979