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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1979
THE FOLLOWING IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 A.M. ON MONDAY (MARCH 12).
QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE
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THE QUEEN, IN HER COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE THIS YEAR, SAID THE COMMONWEALTH WORKS ON MANY LEVELS IT IS INVOLVED IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND IN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION, BUT ABOVE ALL IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
+ IT IS THEREFORE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON TWO SPECIAL SUCCESSES IN COMMONWEALTH UNDERSTANDING DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, DURING WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AND THE LIFE OF THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE BEEN CLOUDED BY SO MANY INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS.+
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE QUEEN'S MESSAGE:-
+ THE COMMONWEALTH WORKS ON MANY LEVELS. IT IS INVOLVED IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND IN ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION, BUT ABOVE ALL IT IS CONCERNED WITH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
+ IT IS THEREFORE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK ON TWO SPECIAL SUCCESSES IN COMMONWEALTH UNDERSTANDING DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, DURING WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE AND THE LIFE OF THE COMMONWEALTH HAVE BEEN CLOUDED BY SO MANY INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS.
+THE TWO EVENTS WERE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES AND THE SIMULTANEOUS FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, FESTIVAL '78, WHICH WERE HELD IN EDMONTON, ALBERTA, IN AUGUST LÄST YEAR.
+BOTH BROUGHT TOGETHER IN FRIENDSHIP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL ROUND THE WORLD. THE FESTIVAL WAS A BRILLIANTLY SUCCESSFUL MINGLING OF CULTURES WHICH ADDED A SPECIAL MAGIC TO THE SPLENDID TRADITIONAL SPIRIT OF THE GAMES.
→THE GAMES WILL GO ON, BEING HELD NEXT IN BRISBANE IN 1982. 1 BELIEVE THAT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FESTIVAL, IN WHICH ALL THE ARTISTS SHARED, BUT FOR WHICH PARTICULAR CREDIT GOES TO THE IMAGINATION AND HARD WORK OF THE CANADIAN ORGANISERS, WILL ALSO BE LASTING, HELPING ALL OF US TO SHARE IN THE RICH AND DIVERSE CULTURES OF OUR COMMONWEALTH.+
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