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12 JAN 1900
Separate copies to:
Mr Wallace, WIAD✔
Mr Herdman, WIAD
Mr Culver, SED
Mr Bright, FID✓
Dr Heap, SAMD
Mr Thompson, SPD/
Mr Doble, EAD
Mr Hoare, HKGD
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AMERICAN EMBASSY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UK COMMITMENTS TO DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND NEW INDEPENDENT COLONIES
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1.
I attach a copy of Mr Clift's minute of 7 December to Planning Staff.
2.
Planning Staff have agreed to take the lead on briefing Miss Sutter of the US Embassy. They require, however, details of UK's constitutional position on the question of the financial (public debt) liabilities of the Dependent Territories.
3.
I should be grateful for a short piece on each of our territories by close of play on Wednesday 15 December.
G C Livesey
14 December 1982
Hong Kong and General Department WH 305
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