
Attachment to a memorandum, by WK Brown, to Entry Policy Branch.
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Attachment to a memorandum, by WK Brown, to Entry Policy Branch.
[Underlined:] ATTACHMENT A
[Underlined heading:] Definition of Mixed Descent
For the purposes of policy a person of mixed descent is one in whom there is an admixture of European and non-European blood. The term does not include persons who have an admixture of say Asiatic and Negro blood.
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