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TERRITORY
ANGUILLA
DATE OF INDEPENDENCE
Unforeseeable.
COMMENT
March 1976
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date of
DSR 11C
BELIZE
BERMUDA
Coreseeable.
Difficult to predict
Unforeseeable.
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
NOT APPLICABLE
BRITISH
Not Applicable
INDIAN CCE AN TERRITORY
BRITISH
Unforeseeable.
VIRGIN ISLANDS
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Unforeseeable.
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new Ministerial
Constitution. Will continu to be part of Associated. State of St Kitts-Nevis- Anguilla until St Kitts- Nevis becomes
independent.
1973 Constitution gave internal self-government. Obstacle to independence lies in Guatemala's claims to Belize, and negotiations continue to try to resolve the problem.
Green Paper on Independence was
ublished in 1977 and public discussion in Bermuda continues. A
"not yet" response is
expected, and public
opinion will be further
tested in Summer of 1978.
There are no indigenous inhabitants and no constitutional
development is possible.
No indigenous
inhabitants and no constitutional
development is rossible.
New Constitution for enlarged Legislative Council was introduced in June 1977. There is desire to proceed 50 internal self-gove "rment and to remain there indefinitely. There is no wish to move towards independence.
UN Committee of 24 "accerted" Report of UN Mission to Caymans in May 1977 which recognized Islanders' determination to
remain a "Crown Colony".