repeatedly given assurances that xxx final decisions will not
be taken against the will of the people concerned.
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Each dependency has its own set of different
problems and no single solution can be applied to them all.
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However most territories today are virtually self-
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in the process
governing, which is one of the steps takem-locally/toxxxdsx Constitutional progress towards Independence:
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territory must move forward in its own time accordingly
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to its/ talent and aapacity for self-determination.
On the question of aid you mentioned our policy is that the reasonable needs of our dependencies have first
call on available aid funds. This policy is linked with
our general decolonisation policy and can be described
as helping territories to achieve as quickly as possible self-sustaining growth by building up and making maximum use of local resources
rces so that from their own funds
they can increasingly choose and finance their own social
and economic priorities.
We have noted your interesting comments on the Xxxxx Falkland Islands in particular, and are passing a copy of your letter to the South American Department, which
deals with that territory, for their information.
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