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CONFIDENTIAL

3.

Please note that we see these titles as

administrative variants, for use in passports and for

other administrative purposes, in place of the

forall colonial belonger

single collective title which we think will be

virtually essential for drafting purposes in the

legislation. For example, to produce either of the

two titles mentioned above the collective/title should

probably be British Dependent Territories Citizen and

this, or something similar, such as Citizen of the

British Dependent Territories would probably serve

to meet most of the other variants that had been

suggested by other dependencies.

ies.]

4. It might be that tactically, if CUKC is unattainable

we should try to persuade the Home Office that for

the purposes of the White Paper they should go no

announu

a that categor

- category and site suggest a

further than to indicate a suitable collective title

Colonial belongers

for all dependències. The one that would accommodate

the two administrative titles mentioned in paragh

Probably

others

above and leave scope for other variants that might

-U

.2.

be preferred, is British Dependent Territories Citizen,

or something very close to this. The White Paper

fo on to

"

In fact, if Hoa "Colony and Coloring'

[NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

aweicher, as most Governad swished, tamis not math now h

could explain that for passports and other administrative with and we

have individual gitizenshipt her each dependency, there is menthy i little choice alternative to th a collective titl

Summilum it then.

purposes that collective title would be adapted to

incorporate the name of individual territories as appropriate (though the form of the adaptation would preferred

have to be consistent for all dependencies).

necellaty,

Book The Jadininis patie

Such

an arrangement could be quoted to explain that an

crestearer of 17

individual citizenship for a particular territory was

hot being created by the Act.

ta

←

For Hong Kong: grateful if you would say whether

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you would agree with the taotic described in paragraph

H: above. If you think it necessary to consult/

variants need

not the spelled only in the white

thanky Payer Galers them At a clear for foratt

British (baby of remings) Civizion is the one that come, 21- rearent

pont, but it would how to be forced

on by mishers.