TNAG-0926-FCO40-1144-Future-of-the-Dependent-Territories-1980 — Page 146

CODE 18-77

ED. 12/76

Miss Farrell, HKGD

Reference............

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MR PARRY'S PQ ON REMAINING DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

1 Your ciruclar minute of 4 June refers.

2

BIOT is administered by HM Commissioner for BIOT who is Head of East AfricanDept, FCO. There is no permanent population

in BIOT: the only inhabited island, Diego Garcia, has some 2000 servicemen operating a defence facility.

3

I agree with Mr Holmes proposed reply in his minute of 5 June.

6 June 1980

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M Hewitt

East African Dept