4.
INDEPENDENCE SETTLEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC
A separate note is attached.
5.
BELIZE
6.
7.
A separate note is attached.
GIBRALTAR
A separate note is attached.
FALKLAND ISLANDS
A separate note is attached.
THE WEST INDIES ASSOCIATED STATES
8.
The WIAS consist of:
Antigua and Dependencies
(70,000)
Dominica
(70,000)
St Christopher
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Nevis
Anquilla
(52,000)
(110,000)
(100,000)
St Lucia
St Vincent
Anguilla is constitutionally still part of the Associated States of St Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla but is administered by the HM Commissioner as a dependent territory.
9. POLICY ON WIAS
Over the past 10 years the present Constitutional arrange- ments have proved unsatisfactory both for Britain and the Associated States themselves and it is now our policy to encourage them to proceed to full independence as soon as possible. We hope that they will preserve and, following independence, strengthen the existing arrangements for regional co-operation. We hope to continue to provide development aid to these countries after independence, in accordance with their needs and our own resources and priorities.
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