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Nationality and TreatyOUTWARD

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BRITISH GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE, BRIDGETOWN, BRITISH GOVERNMENT

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NEW NATIONALITY LAW

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rliament

1. The Nationality Bill will be presented to Parliament

on 14 January and you have discretion to brief government of your day in confidence on that day (presentation of Bill will not become public knowledge until after

the da

present Copy of a preliminary print was

noon

on

In

sent to you under cover of Paterson's letter of 31 December Copy of final print will be sent as soon as possible.

the meantime you may find it useful to have the following

information.

that 1

Inter Bill is essentially the same as outlined in the

2.

White Paper but naturally goes into more detail. The

title for the separate citizenship for the dependencies

will be citizenship of the British Dependent Territories

(CBDT).

3.

The Bill does not provide for CBDT to carry with it

the right of abode. But it is hoped that individual

/dependencies

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