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by certain British nationals. You could then go on to explain how this will be reflected in the issue of passports, including of course the important point at (a). You may also consider whether (d) is a matter of a political nature which might be better kept for the "approaches at political level" you have mentioned in your paragraph 2, rather than included in a formal communication to overseas governments.

30 April 1985

John Grainger

Legal Advisers

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