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TO IMMEDIATE SALISBURY
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 951 OF 8 APRIL
MY TELNO 1237: INDEPENDENCE: MESSAGES
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1. THE MESSAGES FROM THE QUEEN AND THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SPEECH BY PRINCE CHARLES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
THE FOLLOWING TEXTS MAY NOW BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER EMBARGO TO PROVINCIAL CENTRES:
(A) MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN:
QUOTE IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I SEND YOU MY WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF ZIMBABWE AND, AS HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH, WELCOME YOU AS THE 43RD MEMBER OF OUR UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP.
1 WELL REMEMBER MY OWN BRIEF VISIT TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL LAND WITH MY PARENTS IN 1947, AND I AM ALL THE MORE DELIGHTED THAT MY SON, THE PRINCE OF WALES, CAN BE WITH YOU ON THIS DAY.
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IT IS A MOMENT FOR PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND ALL POLITICAL PERSUASIONS TO FORGET THE BITTERNESS OF THE PAST AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND ALL ITS CITIZENS. WITH THE GREAT NATURAL WEALTH OF YOUR LAND AND THE EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCES OF YOUR SOCIETY YOU ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO ACHIEVE THIS. I AND ALL MY
IN YOUR ENDEAVOURS. PEOPLE WISH YOU EVERY GOOD FORTUNE
TODAY ALSO MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW AND HAPPIER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MY COUNTRY AND YOUR OWN.
1 AM CONFIDENT THAT, AS YOU SET OUT TO CREATE PEACE AND PROSPERITY, YOU WILL HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF BRITAIN, OF YOUR COMMONWEALTH PARTNERS AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
I WISH YOU ALL HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL. UNQUOTE
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