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YOUR TELNO 51 OF 10 FERUARY, CTBT.

1. ANDVERS FOR ST HELENA, ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA AS FOLLOWS.

(A) AND (B) NO ODJECTION.

(C) TRISTAN AND ASCENSION ARE ALL CROWN LAND. ON ST HELENA

OVERNMENT OWNS MOST OF THE LAND AND CAN ACQUIRE PRIVATE

LAND FOR POZLIC PURPOSES.

(D) ASCENSION HAS TWICE WEEKLY ACCESS BY AIR ON USAF MAC

FLIGHTS FROM FLURIDA. OTHERWISE IT AND ST HELENA ARE SERVED

DY AMS ST HELENA JOURNEYING BETWEEN AVONMOUTH AND CAPETOWN, SOUTH

ONE MONTH AND NORTH THE NEXT. AT PRESENT THE SHIP IS

HEAVILY BOOKED MONTHS AHEAD, TRISTAN DA CUNHA HAS THREE

VISITS A YEAR BY SUPPLY VESSEL TRISTANIA 11 OUT OF CAPETOWN

AND AGAIN BOOKINGS SHOULD BE MADE WELL IN ADVANCE. PREFERABLE

TO USE A NAVAL VESSEL OR CHARTER FOR TRISTAN. SEA CONDITIONS

ARE OFTEN ROUCH AT TRISTAN AND PREVENT LANDING, THERE IS

NO A INFIELD ON ST HELENA OR TRISTAN, SUPPLIES OF FOOD FOR

A SMALL NUMBER OF PERSONS SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE ON ALL

ISLANDS BUT ALL OTHER MATERIALS TOOLS EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE BROUGHT IN. TRANSPORT WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON ASCENSION AND ST MILENA. ADMINISTRATOR TRISTAN HAS ONE LANDROVER ONLY.

TECHNICIANS TO ASSIST IN MAINTENANCE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON

ASCENSION AND POSSIBLY FROM CABLE AND WIRELESS ON ST HELENA

WHILST SOME HELP MAY BE PROVIDED ON TRISTAN BY RADIO OPERATOR

OR BY PERSONNEL OF TRISTAN INVESTMENT CRAWFISH FACTORY.

(E) POLICE FORCE ON ST HELENA IS SMALL, ON ASCENSION

SMALLER WITH FOUR CONSTABLES AND TWO OFFICERS. ON TRISTAN

THERE IS ONE SOT ONLY: IN THESE REMOTE PEACEABLE ISLANDS

THERE SHOULD BE NO SECURITY RISK.

(F) LOCAL LABOUR SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON ALL ISLANDS ON

ASCENSION DY ARRANGEMENT WITH CABLE AND WIRELESS OR WITH USAF

MAGE.

CONFIDENHA

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