TNAG-0212-FCO40-248-Departmental-briefs-on-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 47

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in each territory are kept constantly under review.

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The policy of the United Kingdom towards the political future of the remaining British territories is clear and has been stated many times. It is not the intention of the United Kingdom to delay independence

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for those who want it, nor is it their intention to impose it upon, those who do not want it. Our guide must be the wishes of the people concerned. The choice is theirs.

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The open flexible policy of HMG towards the development of political institutions which are most likely to meet the political aspirations of the inhabitants of the dependent territories is supplemented and reinforced by additional programmes calculated to improve the economic and social conditions in the territories for which Briatin tax

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