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Mr Livesey, HKGD
Reference........
HKG 0253
NJ.
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WRITTEN PQ:
HOUSE OF LORDS: "WHAT TERRITORIES NOW COMPRISE THE BRITISH EMPIRE"
We spoke yesterday about the above. Responsibility for answering it probably falls between our two Departments. Would the following be helpful:
"With the coming to independence of almost all of the countries that. formerly comprised the British Empire, the term itself is no longer applicable. The remaining British dependent territories are:
2. We do not think it would be advisable to refer to the Commonwealth in this context. May we please seeeply and submission in draft?
12 February 1982
SButt Rodel..
B Brett Rooks (Miss)
Commonwealth Coordination Dept.
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