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TUVALU
TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS
Present Constitution and Prospects for Independence
Legal and constitutional separation from the Gilbert & Ellice Islnds volony on 1 October 1975: full administrative Separation on 1 January 1976. Ministerial Constitution. The Chief Minister desires independence by late 1977 but some time in 1978 is though to be more realistic, after elections and an Independerce Conference.
Ministerial Constitution introduced after elections in September 1976. No local pressures for independence.
Considerations affecting Aic) Policy
Grant-aided
Grant-aided. Unlikely to become economically viable within the forseeable future.
GGD. Ducuman 76.
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