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APPLICATION FROM

YOUR TELNO 4108: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: MARSHALL ISLANDS AND FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

APOLOGIES FOR DELAY. WE ONLY HAD SIGHT OF TUR ON

19 DECEMBER.

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MINISTERS HAVE AGREED THE UK WILL ABSTAIN IN COMPANY WITH THE FRENCH, EXPLAINING OUR VOTE. WE HAVE STRONG LEGAL REASONS FOR DOING SO. UN TRUSTEESHIP HAS NOT YET BEEN TERMINATED AND THESE ENTITIES ARE THEREFORE NOT INDEPENDENT STATES AND CANNOT APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP AS INDEPENDENT STATES UNDER ARTICLE 3 (1) OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE BANK. WE SYMPATHISE WITH THE INDEPENDENCE ASPIRATIONS OF FSM AND RMI, BUT DO NOT RECOGNISE THEM AS INDEPENDENT STATES WHILE THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO UN

TRUSTEESHIP. THESE TERRITORIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

CONDUCT OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION

SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONSIDERED UNDER ARTICLE 3 (3) OF THE

AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE BANK.

WE HOPE HONG KONG WILL VOTE WITH US ON THIS ISSUE. FURTHER

BACKGROUND IS CONTAINED IN FCO TELNO GUIDANCE 2 OF 11 JANUARY

3 =

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