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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER 175 OF 26 CCTOBER 1978.
YOUR TELNO 181.
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION.
THE PITT REPORT.
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HKC 3861
TRY NO. 51
30 OCT 1978
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2711
REGISTRY Action Taken
1 HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
(A) ON THE DRAFT REPLY. ANY DEPARTURE FROM THE LANGUAGE NORMALLY USED HITHERTO MIGHT BE MISINTERPRETED HERE. SO I SUGGEST THAT THE RELEVANT PART OF THE REPLY SHOULD SAY QUOTE ** REPORT TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF BERMUDA. IMPLEMENTATION IS PRIMARILY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BERMUDA GOVERNMENT
(B) ON THE NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES,
(1) THIRD QUESTION. OCTOBER, NOT ON 26.
(11)
UNQUOTE.
THE THRONE SPEECH IS TO BE GIVEN ON 27 ADVANCE COPIES WILL BE IN TODAY' BAC.
FOURTH QUESTION, PART (A). THE COMMITTEE RECOM IENDED IMPLEMENTATION OVER THREE YEARS, BUT, FOR FINANCIAL EASONS, GOVERNMENT WILL SPREAD THIS OVER A LONGER PERIOD, THUGH ITS LENGTH IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION. IN THE CIRCUM,TANCES,
I SUGGEST THAT QUOTE OVER THE NEXT TWO (OR T 'REE?), YEARS UHQUOTE SHOULD BE OMITTED.
FOURTH QUESTION, PART (C). THE LIST 、F POSSIBLE CONSTIT-
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