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CONFIDEINHA

DRAFT OF 4 SEPTEMBER

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT

[November], 1990

MY LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE of COMMONS

The Duke of Edinburgh and I were pleased to receive the State

Visits of His Excellency the President of the Republic of India

and Mrs Venkataram in April [and his Excellency the President of

the Italian Republic [in October] [last month]].

We recall with pleasure our visit to New Zealand in February for

the 150th anniversary of the Waitangi Treaty and the

Commonwealth Games. We remember with satisfaction our State Visit

to Iceland in June, followed by a visit I made to Canada.

My Government have welcomed continuing progress towards economic

and political reform in the Soviet Union and

and the far-reaching

political changes which have taken place in most Eastern European

countries.

Republic.

My Government have welcomed the changes in the German Democratic

They have played a constructive part in the

preparation for the unification of Germany.

My Government have maintained a sound defence based on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. They have played a full part in the process of adapting NATO to the new circumstances in Europe

set in hand at the meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government

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