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FM FCOLN TO HOKON

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TO DESKBY 140100Z HONG KONG

TELNO 881

OF 131600Z MAY 86

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YOUR TELNOS 1418-9, 1420: EX-SERVICEMEN

HAM 340/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

1 5 MAY 1936

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PA

Action Taken

1. (A) FIRST TUR: PARA 3, LAST SENTENCE: WE AGREE. PAPERS

SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO M D BOYLE, B1 DIVISION, OR J P EMERY,

DIVISION AS APPROPRIATE.

(B)

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PARA 4(A): THE HOME OFFICE INTEND TO GIVE YOU DISCRETION

TO GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE VETERANS

AND THEIR SPOUSES AND ANY DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDER 18. ONLY

APPLICATIONS FROM OVERAGE CHILDREN AND ELDERLY DEPENDENT

RELATIVES NEED BE REFERRED. ENTRY CLEARANCES SHOULD BE ENDORSED

'SETTLEMENT/EX-SERVICEMEN'. YOU SHOULD USE YOUR OWN NUMBERING

SYSTEM FOR THESE ENTRY CLEARANCES. SETTLEMENT WILL BE GRANTED ON

ARRIVAL. APPLICATIONS FOR BC UNDER SECTION 6(1) OF BNA 1981 CAN

BE MADE AFTER 5 YEARS AND UNDER SECTION 6(2) AFTER 3 YEARS.

(C)

(D)

(E)

2.

REF PARA (B): AGREED.

REF PARA (C): AGREED

REF PARA (D): AGREED. HOME OFFICE WILL CONSIDER

ALLOCATING SPECIAL REFERENCE NUMBERS FOR S4(5) APPLICATIONS.

SECOND TUR. PLEASE MAKE CLEAR IN YOUR REPLY TO THE

ASSOCIATION THAT IT IS THE UNITS IN WHICH THE VETERANS SERVED

WHICH IS IMPORTANT, NOT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE LOCALLY ENLISTED.

ALSO, FIGURES QUOTED BY DELEGATION IN JANUARY GIVE TOTAL

MEMBERSHIP OF SECOND WORLD WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION OF 145.

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