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DSR 11 (Revised)
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PASSPORTS FOR BRITISH NATIONALS WITHOUT EC RIGHTS
I have been considering what type, of passport should
be issued to British nationals without EC rights once
we begin to 'phase in the Common Format Passport (CFP)
in 1987. We need to take a decision on this reasonably
soon so that the necessary preparations can be set in
hand, Governors of Dependent Territories advised etc.
The attachment to this minute lists the categories
concerned and provides an estimate of the numbers in each
category.
2.
Under the terms of the EC Resolution it would be
open to us to issue full CFPs to our nationals who do
not have EC rights. We could alternatively continue
to issue to them passports similar to those at present.
We have however been working on the assumption that all
these categories would be issued with CFP-type passports,
identical to the CFP proper except that the European
markings including the words 'European Community' on
the cover would be omitted. Passports issued in the
Dependent Territories (other than Falkland Islands)
would additionally be distinguished by having the name
of the Dependent Territory on the front cover in lieu
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