CONFIDENTIAL
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GRS.1370
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 171700Z APR 82
TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
GUIDANCE TELEGRAM NUMBER 61 OF 16 APRIL
GUIDANCE TELNO 57 58: FALKLAND ISLANDS
AND DECOLONISATION
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SELF-DETERMINATION
1. POSTS IN NON-ALIGNED CAPITALS IN PARTICULAR BUT ALSO
ELSEWHERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO URGE THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS
AND OTHER OPINION FORMERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIGHT OF THE
FALKLAND ISLANDERS TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AND TO SUPPORT
THIS RIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS OF THE ISSUE (EG.
AT THE UN AND IN THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT) AND WHERE POSSIBLE
IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS. PARAGRAPHS 2 7 BELOW MAY BE USED
FREELY.
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2. BRITAIN'S RECORD OF DECOLONISATION AND OUR POLICY
TOWARDS THE INHABITANTS OF THE NON SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES
FOR WHICH WE HAVE BEEN AND REMAIN RESPONSIBLE DEMONSTRATE A
CONSISTENT RESPECT FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION
WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ENDORSED AND APPLAUDED. MANY
COUNTRIES WILL RECOGNISE THAT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND IN MANY
CASES THEIR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AND
DERIVES CONTINUING STRENGTH FROM THIS PRINCIPLE. RESPECT
FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION REMAINS A BASIS FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES AND IS
ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL
PEACE AND SECURITY. AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THIS PRINCIPLE
IS THE FREE AND GENUINE EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
SUCH AS HAS TAKEN PLACE REGULARLY IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND ON WHICH WE HAVE REGULARLY REPORTED (UNDER ARTICLE 73(E)
OF THE CHARTER) TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL. CONTINUED INTER-
NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE PRINCIPLE CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE
MOST VALUABLE PROTECTIONS ENJOYED BY SMALL STATES AND PEOPLES
AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF MORE POWERFUL STATES HENCE
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