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Mr. Jennett (GSAD) Gi raltar, St. Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan
da Cunha, British Antartic Territory, Falkland Islands and dependencies
✅Mr. Laird (Hong Kong Lept.)
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Miss Amory (PIOD) Pitcairn, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides,
Hilbert and Lllice Islands, Central and Southern Line Islands, Seychelles, British Indian Ocean territory.
Er. Aiers (SWPD) Brunei
Nr. Fairclough (WID) British Honduras, Cayman Islands, Bermuda,
ahamas, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos.
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Dezendent Territories
It now appears probable that the AC Commission will produce a paper for the ix about the cependent territories of the UK, whom we wish to see associated under art IV of the Treaty of Rome.
This paper will include a reference to their legal/constitutional status vis-a-vis the UK.
2. it is obviously important that the Commission get the details of this question right, and we are anxious to ensure that they do. I should therefore be grateful if your Department could let me have, by lunch-time today, Friday 8 October, short but sufficiently comprehensive notes on the legal/constitutional status of the dependent territories for whom they are responsible. The notes will then be passed to the EEC Commission in Brussels.
3. I apologise for this very short notice. But since the Commission are likely to produce their paper next week, we have very little time.
CONFIDENTIAL
(N. Statham)
9 October, 1970
ean Integration Department
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