CODE 18-77
ED. 12/76
Miss Farrell, HKGD
Reference............
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MR PARRY'S PQ ON REMAINING DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
1 Your ciruclar minute of 4 June refers.
2
BIOT is administered by HM Commissioner for BIOT who is Head of East AfricanDept, FCO. There is no permanent population
in BIOT: the only inhabited island, Diego Garcia, has some 2000 servicemen operating a defence facility.
3
I agree with Mr Holmes proposed reply in his minute of 5 June.
6 June 1980
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M Hewitt
East African Dept