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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1978

EEARGO NOTE TO EDITORS :-

THE FOLLOING 13 AN EMDARGGED ITEN WHICH MUST NOT BE USED BEFORE O A.M. MONDAY (MARCH 13).

QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE

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THE QUEEN, IN HER COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE THIS YEAR,- SAID THAT THE COTTONWEALTH TAKES ITS YOUNG PEOPLE SERIOUSLY AND RIGHTLY SO -- BECAUSE THEY MADE UP ABOUT HALF OF ITS POPULATION OF NEARLY 900 KILLION.

+1 AN GLAD THAT THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, WHO GATHERED IN LONDON IN JUNE, HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME WHICH ENCOURAGES THE PARTICIPATION EY YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOCIETIES,+

FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE :-

+DURING ALL OUR VISITS TO ANY PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

IN THE COURSE OF MY VERY HAPPY JUBILEE YEAR 1 WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED

DEEPLY HOVED BY THE LIVELINESS AS THE SPONTANEOUS ENTHUSIASH OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO GREETED US.

+ THE COMMONWEALTH TAKES ITS YOUNG PEOPLE SERIOUSLY - AND RIGHTLY SO - DECAUSE THEY MAKE UP ABOUT HALF ITS POPULATION OF NEARLY 900 MILLICK. I AM GLAD THAT THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, WHO GATHERED IN LONDON IN JUNE, HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME WHICH ENCOURAGES THE

PARTICIPATION BY YOUNG PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SOCIETIES.

+THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED SC GENERCUSLY TO THE JUBILEE APPEAL ALSO HAD IN MIND THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SILVER JUBILEE TRUST, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, WILL DENEFIT THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES. IT WILL HELP THEM TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND TO BRCADEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FELLOW-CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THEIR WAYS OF LIFE.

+ON THIS COMMONWEALTH

SIMULTANEOUSLY IN ALL LENDE

OUR YOUNG ATHLETEC .. ILL LATE EDMONTON IN CANADA IT IS WITH THE KILLICHS ŠE YOUNIC

WISH THEM COURAGE, HAPPINESS THE CHALLENGE OF FASHIO

AND FOR FUTURE GENETATIONS.+

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