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FM FCO 171700Z APR 82

TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

GUIDANCE TELEGRAM NUMBER 61 OF 16 APRIL

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GUIDANCE TELNO 57 58: FALKLAND ISLANDS

AND DECOLONISATION

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SELF-DETERMINATION

1. POSTS IN NON-ALIGNED CAPITALS IN PARTICULAR BUT ALSO

ELSEWHERE SHOULD CONTINUE TO URGE THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS

AND OTHER OPINION FORMERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RIGHT OF THE

FALKLAND ISLANDERS TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AND TO SUPPORT

THIS RIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS OF THE ISSUE (EG.

AT THE UN AND IN THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT) AND WHERE POSSIBLE

IN PUBLIC STATEMENTS. PARAGRAPHS 2 7 BELOW MAY BE USED

FREELY.

2. BRITAIN'S- RECORD OF DECOLONISATION AND OUR POLICY

TOWARDS THE INHABITANTS OF THE NON SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

FOR WHICH WE HAVE BEEN AND REMAIN RESPONSIBLE DEMONSTRATE A

CONSISTENT RESPECT FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION

WHICH THE UNITED NATIONS HAS ENDORSED AND APPLAUDED. MANY

COUNTRIES WILL RECOGNISE THAT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND IN MANY

CASES THEIR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AND

DERIVES CONTINUING STRENGTH FROM THIS PRINCIPLE. RESPECT

FOR THE PRINCIPLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION REMAINS A BASIS FOR

THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES AND IS

ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL

PEACE AND SECURITY. AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THIS PRINCIPLE

IS THE FREE AND GENUINE EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,

SUCH AS HAS TAKEN PLACE REGULARLY IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND ON WHICH WE HAVE REGULARLY REPORTED (UNDER ARTICLE 73(E)

OF THE CHARTER) TO THE SECRETARY GENERAL. CONTINUED INTER-

NATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE PRINCIPLE CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE

MOST VALUABLE PROTECTIONS ENJOYED BY SMALL STATES AND PEOPLES

AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF MORE POWERFUL STATES HENCE

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