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Minneapolis Spokesman
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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British Guiana's new constitution, approved despite colonial delegates' desires for more freedom, takes effect in August 1961 with parliamentary elements but British retention of control over police, defense, and foreign affairs, granting only Crown Colony status.
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Georgetown, British Guiana (ANP)—Though not what delegates of the Caribbean colony wanted, a new constitution for British Guiana has been approved and will go into effect in August, 1961. The new deal provides a parliamentary form of government, bicameral legislature and executive powers vested in a cabinet led by a prime minister. Britain, however, retains control over the police, foreign affairs, defense and internal security. British Guiana wanted freedom, but received only Crown Colony status, just a step above outright colonialism.
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British Guiana
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August 1961
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new constitution provides parliamentary form of government, bicameral legislature, and executive powers in a cabinet led by a prime minister; britain retains control over police, foreign affairs, defense, and internal security; results in crown colony status rather than full freedom.
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A new constitution for British Guiana has been approved and will go into effect in August 1961, though not what the colony's delegates wanted. It establishes a parliamentary government with a bicameral legislature and a prime minister-led cabinet, but Britain maintains control over key areas.