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pre-in
enäence service.
The extra cost
of this proposal would be some £11.5m. per
annum. This will be accommodated within the
Aid Programme, which is expected to rise from
£227m. to £245. in the financial year 1971/72.
This O.D.. proposal would remove a
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long-standing irritant in our relations with
independent Commonwealth countries.
The re
is growing pressure on the U.K. to accept
responsibility for the payment of expatriate
pensions. The most serious form this has
taken is in Tanzania which repudiated her
obligations with the result that we were
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cbliged to cut off aid. Kenya shows distinct
our
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signs of following suit and other countries,
possibly less dependent on our aid or believing
that we will submit to pressure, are likely
to follow suit sooner or later.
present position has a perfectly logical
Although our
basis and has been hallowed in independence
agreements it is an issue which rouses many
strong emotions in many "new" countries which
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find themselves forced to foster an emergent
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and often extreme nationalism.
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E. In the 7.0.0. view, the C.D.. proposals
in cutain respects
do not go far enough.
2.C.0. Reservations
NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN
Detailed discussion of the proposals will be pursued
at the meeting of officials
Le
mail issue
(i) Post-Independence Service
The O.D.M. proposal relates to pre-
independence service only (paragraph 28).
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