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Mr McLaren

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Hong Kong and General Department

BRITISH NATIONALITY LAW

1. I attach herewith

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(a)

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(b)

the Green Paper on Nationality of April 1977;

the Bow Paper "Defining a Nation" of July 1978;

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(c)

a memorandum by myself dated 6 July comparing the Green Paper and the Bow Paper;

(a)

2.

a memorandum by myself dated 5 July on nationality terminology.

The memorandums are my own and lack the sanctim of

anct higher authority. But they may be of interest to you, and, if you wish to do so, you may copy them to the Governor of Hong Kong.

6 July 1979

RJ. Smedley.

R G Smedley

Nationality and Treaty Department

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