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4. WE WOULD EXPECT TO SPEAK IN CONCLUSION OF DEBATE AFTER THE
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION. WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS FOLLOWS ON
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS:~
D TO THE
''H.M.G.'S POLICY ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS WAS EXPLAINED
MISSION AND IS SUMMARISED IN PARAS 471-472 AND 483 TO 485 OF THE
REPORT. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE REPORT MAKE CLEAR THAT THE CAYMANIANS
ARE CONTENT WITH THEIR PRESENT CONSTITUTION. WITH THIS IN MIND MY
GOVERNMENTS OBLIGATIONS ARE CLEAR, NAMELY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
OPTIONS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CAYMANIANS AND IN TURN TO HEED THEIR VIEWS. THE MISSION WAS LEFT IN NO DOUBT WHILE IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS THAT
CAYMANIANS DID NOT CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE TO REOPEN DISCUSSION OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE CAYMANIAN REPRESENTATIVES WHO SPOKE ON 13 SEPTEMBER. MY GOVERN-
MENT WILL BEAR THIS IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING THE REPORT OF THE MISSION AND THE RESOLUTION WHICH HAS JUST BEEN ADOPTED."'
5. OUR OBJECTIVE WOULD BE TO ENABLE THE CAYMAN DELEGATION TO USE OUR
INTERPRETATION OF THE RESOLUTION TO CALM FEELINGS AND REDUCE
SUSPICIONS IN THE ISLANDS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PRESERVING YOUR
FREEDOM OF ACTION TO PUT PROPOSALS TO EXCO IN DUE COURSE. GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR VIEWS BY 161408Z
RICHARD
FILES
WIAD
UND
MR WEIR
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