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COULD CONCEIVABLY BE PICKED UP HERE. WE SUGGEST THAT THE SECOND

TO FOURTH SENTENCES SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE:

QUOTE A GREEN PAPER ON THE POSSIBLE UPDATING OF THE BRITISH

NATIONALITY ACT 1948 WAS ISSUED IN APRIL 1977 WHICH ALREADY

CONTAINED... AND THOSE WITHOUT THAT RIGHT. THE SUCCESSOR

GOVERNMENT TOOK OVER EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTION IN 1979

UNQUOTE.

HOWE

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