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CONFIDEINHA
DRAFT OF 4 SEPTEMBER
THE QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT
[November], 1990
MY LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE of COMMONS
The Duke of Edinburgh and I were pleased to receive the State
Visits of His Excellency the President of the Republic of India
and Mrs Venkataram in April [and his Excellency the President of
the Italian Republic [in October] [last month]].
We recall with pleasure our visit to New Zealand in February for
the 150th anniversary of the Waitangi Treaty and the
Commonwealth Games. We remember with satisfaction our State Visit
to Iceland in June, followed by a visit I made to Canada.
My Government have welcomed continuing progress towards economic
and political reform in the Soviet Union and
and the far-reaching
political changes which have taken place in most Eastern European
countries.
Republic.
My Government have welcomed the changes in the German Democratic
They have played a constructive part in the
preparation for the unification of Germany.
My Government have maintained a sound defence based on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. They have played a full part in the process of adapting NATO to the new circumstances in Europe
set in hand at the meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government
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