1
Registry No.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret,
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
CONFIDENTIAL
DRAFT
TERRITORIAL SURVEY
Type 1 +
From
To:-
TERRITORY: BELIZE
In Confidence
POPULATION:
140,000
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
DSR 11
SPECIAL FACTORS: Claim to territory by Guatemala which threatens military action against Belize in the event of independence without a settlement of their claim.
PROSPECTS FOR INDEPENDENCE: Would move fairly quickly to independence as soon as the Guatemalan claim has been
resolved.
POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO INDEPENDENCE: None acceptable to the population.
RECOMMENDED POLICY: Resolve the dispute with Guatemala as soon as possible, thus removing the only obstacle to independence.
CONFIDENTIAL