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FM FCO 241720Z JUL 80

TO IMMEDIATE BELMOPAN

TELEGRAM NUMBER PERSONAL 47 OF 24 JULY

INDEX

AND TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNORS, HAMILTON GRAND CAYMAN PORT STANLEY

GIBRALTAR HONG KONG MONTSERRAT GRAND TURK TORTOLA

BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE BRIDGETOWN HMS COMMISSIONER

ANGUILLA DEPUTY BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE ANTIGUA

BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE ANTIGUA

PERSONAL

NEW NATIONALITY LAW

1. THE WHITE PAPER ON NATIONALITY WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE UK

AT 100OZ ON THURSDAY 31 JULY. YOU MAY THEREFORE BRIEF IN

CONFIDENCE THE CHIEF MINISTER/SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR

TERRITORY ON THE LINES GIVEN IN JONES' LETTER OF 10 JULY DURING

THE PRECEDING 24 HOURS. THE LEAFLET ENCLOSED WITH THAT LETTER

MAY BE REPRODUCED ON 31 JULY.

2.

THE HOME SECRETARY PLANS TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE

WHITE PAPER IN THE COMMONS AT 143OZ ON 31 JULY. IT IS

EXPECTED TO INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO THE DETAILS OF THE

NATIONALITY PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE WHITE PAPER, POINTS

NUMBERS 1, 2, 3 AND 6 AND THE FIRST SENTENCE OF POINT 4 IN THE

ENCLOSURE TO JONES' LETTER OF 10 JULY. HE WILL ALSO SAY THAT A

BILL WILL BE PRESENTED 'AS SOON AS PARLIAMENTARY TIME PERMITS'.

3.

THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOME SECRETARY'S

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES. IF ASKED SIMILAR QUESTIONS YOU

SHOULD TAKE SAME LINE:

A. SHOULD ALL PRESENT CUCKS HAVE BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AND THE

RIGHT OF ABODE HERE?

THIS WOULD MEAN A MASSIVE POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION COMMITMENT.

IT WOULD EMBRACE SEVERAL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THE GREAT

MAJORITY OF WHOM HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE. SINCE

THE 1960S SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE FOUND IT NECESSARY

TO CONTROL THE ENTRY INTO THE UK OF PEOPLE IN THESE

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