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3).

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менц

St. Vincent: Dominica are attempting to establed ports of registry; ony wewes registered the would continue to de regurated or "Thisted ships" for the purposes педа of H M. S. Pat.

NW Free Gore

а

At Free-for

27/12.

MITD.

nothing exceptionable about

5 (a)

1

I see

Article

is a

neat

need

Order,

in the Order of 1969.

It

way of ensuring,

for frequent amendment

without the

of

the

that ships of independent Commonwealth

countries are not requisitioned (even though|

they are

I claim no

British ships

I think, though

special knowledge of the M.S. Acts).

There is, however,

one respect

respect in which

I must qualify this statement. Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Western Samoa are all independent bommonwealth

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