TNAG-0714-FCO40-910-Future-of-the-Dependent-Territories-1978 — Page 66

Registry No.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

DRAFT MINUTE

Top Secret,

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified.

PRIVACY MARKING

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To:-

Mr Fogarty

Type 1 +

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Mr Stewart Telephone No. Ext.

Department

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Mr Rae

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Mr Snodgrass Mr Beattie

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REVISED PROCEDURES FOR COUNTRY POLICY PAPERS

1. In Mr Stratton's absence abroad I am replying to

Mrs Yate s'minute of 20 March with comments from the

Dependent Territories Division on your draft submission.

2. Mr Rae has already/pointed out the apparent

contradiction between the statement in paragraph 3 that

the requirement for CPPS does not apply to the Dependent

Territories or WIAS, and the inclusion of many of them

in the list at Annex 3with independence in prospect

This

for all the Pacific territories save Pitcairn it would

be appropriate to lift the exemption on their inclusion

in the CPP system. We would however suggest that papers

only after are likely to serve a useful purpose until the Indep-

endence Settlements have almost run their course.

would mean that Tuvalu should be the subject of a paper

in early 1980 and the Solomons and the Gilberts some time

later. It could be argued that a paper on the New

Hebrides should be produced next year, to precede indep-

endence in 1980, but in the interests of economy of effort

we would prefer to deal with the issues involved in the

position papers that will be needed as a basis for the

Independence Settlement.

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