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IT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE HOME SECRETARY'S INTENTION TO KEEP OUT

OF THE UK THE HUSBAND OR FINANCE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS BORN IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHO HAS CONTRACTED OR IS ABOUT TO CONTRACT A GENUINE MARRIAGE. NOR HAS HE OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT SOME GIRLS WILL HAVE

BEEN BORN ABROAD BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE TEMPORARILY OUT OF THE

COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF THEIR BIRTH. SOMETIMES THESE PARENTS WILL

HAVE BEEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE CROWN OR HELPING TO PROMOTE THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING INTERESTS OF THE UK. IT IS THE HOME SECRETARY'S

INTENTION TO CONSIDER SUCH CASES SYMPATHETICALLY FOR FAVOURABLE TREATMENT OUTSIDE THE RULES (YOU SHOULD REASSURE YOUR UK BASED STAFF THAT THEIR POSITION WILL BE COVERED BY THIS RELAXATION).

5. IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS WHEN THE SETTLED PARTNER IS A MALE SINCE, UNDER CURRENT LEGISLATION, A WOMAN IS PATRIAL IF SHE IS A COMMONWEALTH CITIZEN MARRIED TO A PATRIAL CUKC, AND ANY WIFE OF A PATRIAL CUKC MAY APPLY AS OF RIGHT FOR REGISTRATION AS A CITIZEN OF THE UK AND COLONIES, WHICH CARRIES WITH IT THE RIGHT OF ABODE.

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-MR HILARY

MR ADDISON

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