CONFIDENTIAL

MEMORANDUM ON POLICY TOWARDS THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES: ESSENTIAL FACTS

1. The present Memorandum took a long time to draft and agree

with OAGS. However, it usefully focused Ministers' attention on

policy towards the dependent territories and was approved by the

Secretary of State in October 1979.

2. No further action remains, other than to finalise it in a

form which incorporates a few minor comments to the final draft

already made by OAGS.

Hong Kong and General Department

12 January 1980

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