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CODE 18-77

Received 10/4187.

Miss Maxwell

Hong Kong & General Department

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2 4 APR 1931

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NATIONALITY BILL:

1.

BELIZE

Please refer to Miss Brett-Rook's minute of 3 Abfal.

An extract from an Information Department background paper on Belize which covers the economy of the territory is attached.

2.

I also attach a draft contribution covering the current state of Belize's constitutional development.

3. I have no information on the numbers of Belizeans who might have the right of abode in the UK. If this information is not available to Nationality & Treaty Department it will probably be necessary to obtain it from Belmopan but in view of the present situation in Belize I would hesitate to raise this with them at this time unless it is absolutely essential.

4. As far as I am aware there has been little local reaction in Belize to the current provisions of the Nationality Bill. However you should consult Mr Jakeman in Nationality & Treaty Department on this point as it has figured in the Constitutional Conference.

9 April 1981

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Mexico & Caribbean Department

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