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longer term (or maybe ever) to become economically viable, the objective should be to establish an economic and social infrastructure at an acceptable level, which would not however serve to prolong Dependent status or imply support from indefinitely rising scale;

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C. The FCO and ODI, in consultation as necessary with other Whitehall Departments concerned, and bearing in mind the external constraints which apply to Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, Belize and the New Hebrides, should jointly set in train individual studies to determine how these objectives can best be achieved in the light of the present circumstances and future prospects of each Territory."

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19 December 1974