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LINE WITH US THAT THEY WOULD SEE NO OBJECTION IF THE ISLAND WERE INCLUDED, BY ANALOGY WITH US PACIFIC ISLAND BASES, BUT THAT THIS IS A DECISION FOR THE UK TO TAKE.
3. IT WOULD OF COURSE BE TIDIER IF WE COULD MAKE A SIMPLE DEFINITION OF UK TERRITORY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE US. IF WE WISHED TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN TERRITORIES WE COULD HAVE EITHER TO SPECIFY THE EXCLUSIONS OR LIST SPECIFICALLY ALL THOSE WHICH WE WISHED TO INCLUDE. THIS MIGHT OPEN A CAN OF WORMS FOR THE RUSSIANS TO PICK AT.
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GRATEFUL FOR EARLY INSTRUCTIONS.
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