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same time to discuss the issue of sovereignty. Any negotiations with the Argentines will take place

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under the sovereignty umbrella Our position is fully preserved. As my Hon Friend the Minister

of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said in the House on 13 July, the Government would not even bring proposals to the House unless they

were fully acceptable to the Islanders.

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