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Finally,

if the memorandum is, in due course, published and sent here, you may wish to make, when sending it, the point made in your letter that parts of it do not really apply to Bermuda. The parts seem to me to be :

(a)

(b)

(c)

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because

the last sentence of paragraph 3 - the Bermuda Government already has every power except those which must be reserved until Independence;

paragraph 6 because Bermuda can hardly expect to qualify for British Aid; and

paragraph 7 - because the kind of alternatives to Independence being canvassed would be inapprop- riate in the case of Bermuda.

Jonn

ever

Pete

Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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