CONFIDENTIAL
Dependent Territories (excluding Gibraltar and Hong Kong) and the West Indies Associated States
36. The Six agreed in the 1962 negotiations that association
under Part IV of the Rome Treaty (see paragraph 12 above)
would be available for all our dependent territories with
the exception of Hong Kong, Gibraltar and the three former
High Commission Territories. Hong Kong and Gibraltar are
dealt with below and the former High Commission Territories
in paragraphs 24-25. There is no reason to suppose that
for the other dependent territories, including those in the
West Indies which have since become Associated States, and
may conduct their own negotiations with the Communities, the
Communities will not agree to the previous arrangements
being revived.
37.
Theoretically it would be possible for our dependent
territories to be included at once in the protocol extending
the provisions of the Yaoundé Convention to them. However,
it would be administratively easier to delay their inclusion
until negotiations begin for a new Convention to include
independent Commonwealth developing countries. In that case
we should naturally ensure that the assurance in paragraph 35(iv)
and (v) held good for our dependent territories.
Commission hope that after 1975 all the dependent territories
(The
of the enlarged Communities can be brought within a single
framework).
(c) Special Arrangements
38.
These will cover Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong
and Southern Rhodesia.
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/Malta and Cyprus