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KONG AND APPLY FOR CHINESE CITIZENSHIP. THE LATTER WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIAN MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS WHO SAID THAT ETHNIC MINORITIES OF INDIAN EXTRACTION COULD APPLY FOR INDIAN CITIZENSHIP. WE SOUGHT CLARIFICATION FROM THE INDIAN COMMISSION HERE, BUT THEY DENIED THAT IT HAD BEEN SAID AND SENT US A DIFFERENT VERSION (A COPY OF THEIR LETTER FOLLOWS BY FAX).

WIVES AND WIDOWS OF EX-SERVICEMEN

13. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED BY THE NATIONALITY SUB COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN THE ISSUE OF THE WIVES AND WIDOWS OF EX-SERVICEMEN. WE HAVE RECEIVED BARNES-JONES' LETTER OF 16 MARCH ON THIS ISSUE, BUT WE THINK THERE MAY BE SOME ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. WE WILL REVERT SEPARATELY ON THIS.

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