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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

UK NOT A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF 24?

1.

We ceased to be a member in 1971. By then, our

membership of the Committee promised no discernible benefits

to our remaining Dependent Territories. And the Committee

had become increasingly a vehicle for sterile anti-Western

propaganda. The Government, however, decided to resume

cooperation with (though not membership of) the Committee

in 1974.

2.

To try

WHY DID THE UK DECIDE TO COOPERATE WITH THE COMMITTEE OF 24?

by intervening in discussion of our Dependent

Territories to ensure that the Committee's reports and

recommendations are accurate and sensible.

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/ANGUILLA