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HKGD WIAD

CCD

UND

Mr Posnett

Director of Research

Mr Crowe, Planning Staff

Mr Ireton, ODM

PACE OF DECOLONISATION

1.

CONFIDENTIAL

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HKG 025/2

KRY NO. 51

14 AUG 1978

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Mr Cortazzi endorsed the suggestion in my minute of 15 May (copy attached) that we should hold a meeting in an attempt to coordinate the different activities and proposals in several departments of the Office about various aspects of the future of the dependent territories. I am afraid the timing of this meeting has rather slipped, but I now invite you, or your representative, to attend one in my room at 3.30 pm on Thursday, 31 August. I would emphasise that the meeting will be procedural, not substantial: le to consider how these various activities may best be coordinated and, more specifically, who (?HKGD) should prepare a revised, shortened and yet more comprehensive version of Mr Callaghan's circular despatch of 1975 and its enclosure.

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The activities in this field that have come to my notice (the list may not be exhaustive) are:

(1)

(ii)

(iii)

mini-states and the UN (UND paper and UND-sponsored seminar);

the remaining UK territories and the Committee of 24 (UND/UKMIS NỸ exercise);

mini-states in the Commonwealth (CCD exercise);

(iv) mini-states and the future of Britain's remaining

dependencies (proposed Planning Staff seminar);

(v)

the future of small dependencies (Research Department paper);

(vi) review of circular despatch of 13 June 1975 "The Future

of the Dependent Territories" (WIAD exercise);

also relevant are:

(vii) dependent territories social indicators (ODM exercise);

(viii)

Parliamentary implications indications of Conservative attitudes (inter alia Mr Cortazzi's account of his meeting with Mr Shelton, MP on 14 April 1978)

R.J. Shattra

RJ Stratton

9 August 1978

CONFIDENTIAL