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the Secretary of State by the DS Staff Side. The Home Office

proposals for British citizens working in EC institutions will at

least ensure that their children born overseas will acquire British

citizenship (assuming they satisfy any other conditions that are

applied to UK businessmen). If, however, Ministers wish to draw

the Home Secretary's attention to the staff of European institutions

I have no objection to including a paragraph in the draft on the broad lines given by Mr Spreckley.

27 November 1980

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Jane fees.

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