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TELEGRAM NUMBER 98 OF 5 SEPTEMBER
YOUR TEL NO 120 : BELIZE
FOLLOWING IS LINE TO TAKE ON BELIZE:
NEGOTIATIONS WITH GUATEMALA ON THE FUTURE OF BELIZE CONTINUE. THE CURRENT ROUND OPENED AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL IN BERMUDA (19-20 MAY) AT WHICH THE BELIZEAN GOVERNMENT WAS REPRESENTED. BRITISH AND GUATEMALAN OFFICIALS (AND A MEMBER OF THE BELIZEAN CABINET) MET IN NEW YORK TO TAKE THE TALKS FURTHER (7-8 JULY). ON 11 AUGUST MR RIDLEY SPENT A DAY IN BELIZE BEFORE GOING ON TO VISIT GUATEMALA (12-14 AUGUST), WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT A FURTHER MINISTERIAL MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE PROBABLY BEFORE MID-OCTOBER. NO NEGOTIATIONS TOOK PLACE DURING THIS LATTER VISIT AS THE BELIZEANS WERE NOT REPRESENTED. BELIZEAN OFFICIALS VISITED LONDON
FOR TALKS WITH MR RIDLEY ON 2 SEPTEMBER.
2.
YOU MAKE MAKE THE FOLLOWING FURTHER POINTS
(A)
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BY AGREEMENT WITH THE GUATEMALAN AND BELIZEAN GOVERNMENTS THE CONTENT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE TIME BEING.
(B) A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM,
OFFERING BELIZE THE MOST SECURE FUTURE.
(C)
ANY NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT MUST HAVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BELIZEAN PEOPLE. LAND CESSION IS, THEREFORE, NOT CONTEMPLATED.
(D) THE SITUATION CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO DRAG ON MUCH LONGER TO
THE DETRIMENT OF ALL CONCERNED.
THE BELIZEAN PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY WAITED 17 YEARS FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
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