Canada: UK High Commissioner despatch to FCO (“Quebec: the approach to the referendum”) [“If Quebec does secede that need not be a disaster for Quebec or our interests”] [declassified 2010]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | FOI release from FCO; per Professor Frederic Bastien |
| Editorial comments: | The final page of the despatch was not released under FOI, probably in a vain attempt to conceal the identity of its author, UK High Commissioner John Ford. The Consul-General’s despatch from Montreal can be read here. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 8pp |
| Themes: | British Constitution (general discussions), Executive, Commonwealth (general), Foreign policy (Americas excluding USA) |
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