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TERRITORY

SOLOMON ISLANDS

LIKELY DATE OF INDEPENDENCE

7 July 1978

TUVALU

1 October 1978

CAICOM

Anglo-French

Condominium of

NEW HEBRIDES

Unforeseeable

1980

COMMENT

Achieved internal self- government on 2 January 1976.

Ministerial constitution w.e.f. 1 January 1976. Constitutional Conference to be held in London, February 1978.

Ministerial Constitution w.e.f. September 1976. There is no local pressure for independence.

Wide measure of internal self-government will be inaugurated early in 1978.

ASSOCIATED STATE

ANDIGU..

Unforeseeable

DOMINIC..

ST RIT -NDEVIL-

NGUILL

ST LUCIA

ST VINCENT

First part of 1978

Probably before 1980

Before end of 1980

Before end of 1980

Antigua shows no interest in moving towards complete independence.

House of Assembly voted in Cctober 1977 for independ- ence for which the Premier is pressing.

Further discussions likely in early 1978.

Government is committed to independence by 1979, but has not yet called for negotiations.

2nd December, 1977