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ANGUILLA:
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CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
1. I refer to the correspondence resting with my telno P52 of 11 December.
Background
2. Since the lay election I have been trying to get ebster to focus on the consequential constitutional changes which will become necessary with Separation and also the question of what acceptable further constitutional advance can be made at the same time. Unfortunately he has shown reluctance to come to grips with reality and, when not preoccupied with personal or local political matters, has been pursuing his notion of an associated tate-tyse Constitution.
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Consequently I have had to work on, and through, explaining the parameters of constitutional change imposed by British policy towards its dependencies. In so doing I have emphasised that the only changes I could envisage as being accent bla to 10 at this stage would be those consequential upon eem + SebarabIDA
(eg substitution of Governor for Commissioner etc) and reasonable changes such as provision for Speaker, fourth Linister etc. Herbert has been a useful ally and, in turn, hec been working on ebster and his colleagues.
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ith Separation imminent, I neked Terbert last week, to cell on mc. I outlined the Parliamentary timetable on the Anguilla Bill, edwing that it was now probably that Separation would be effective before the end of the year or early in 1981. I suggested that the rapid pace of these developm nts now made it imperative to cuncen- trate urgently on the constitutional position. He agreed and said that he rould sperk to ebster.
Palks with Webster and Norbert
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On 11 December ebster and Terbert called on me to discurs the matter. Both said that they recognised the limitations on change and both made it clear that they were in no desperate burry
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see Anguilla attain independence. but naturally ebster vi shes to mark Anguilla's new status with some constitutional advance. question we addressed ourselves to: what is desirable end possible?
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