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overlapping claims to parts of the British Antarctic Territory, illustrated at Appendix 3. These may become a security problem if the Antarctic loses its internationally agreed demilitarised status.
NATIONAL STRATEGIC POLICY OBJECTIVES
10. The broad strategic objectives of British foreign policy are the enhancement of the security and prosperity of the UK and Dependent Territories, and the promotion and protection of British interests overseas including the interests and welfare of individual British citizens (1). In conjunction with these objectives the UK also contributes to broadening Western strategic aims for the security of the NATO alliance, and is
concerned to inhibit any expansion of Soviet influence that could harm Western interests ("). There is clearly a large measure of unpredictability in judging what the world will be
like in 10 to 25 years' time, but it seems reasonable to infer that these broad objectives will continue to hold good. Stemming from, and contributory to, these, a spectrum of national aims will emerge which will include both the influence of change so as to encourage events to move in directions favourable to the UK, and appropriate defensive goals where this is not possible. They will therefore require flexibility, both in their formulation and in the means by which they are pursued, whether diplomatic, economic or
military.
UK COMMITMENTS OOA
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Colonies, Dependent Territories and Sovereign Base Areas. The last major colony, Hong Kong, is planned to have been returned to the PRC in 1997, much reducing the UK's military obligations in the Far East, and a list of those dependent
16CDS 38/88 - OOA Strategy Review.
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CDS 11/89 - UK Defence Policy Guidelines.
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