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Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
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EXEMPTION NO.4.7091011(1)...
Department
TERRITORY:
GIBRALTAR
In Confidence
POPULATION:
DSR 11
22,2000 (or 29,000, including British servicemen, their dependents, and expatriate workers)
SPECIAL FACTORS:
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(i) British sovereignty in Gibraltar originates from the
Treaty of Utrecht (1917) which provides that if the
territory is ever alienated from the British Crown, it would revert to the Spanish Crown;
(ii) Spanish restrictions on contacts with Gibraltar since
the 1960s keep it economically unviable without the expenditure of British Government departments (MOD, PSA, ODM);
(iii) The territory is small: 3 miles by mile in area, much
of it is too steep for building;
(iv) For most purposes, Gibraltar is part of the EEC
(exceptions are CAP, CET, VAT).
PROSPECTS FOR INDEPENDENCE: This has not been seriously con- sidered by the Gibraltarians, nor the British or Spanish
Governments.
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