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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December
316,04976 AM 804
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JIM CANNON
FROM:
DICK PARSONS D.
SUBJECT:
Puerto Rico
Thi SY memorandum follows up our recent discussion concerning
the procedure by which Puerto Rico could staten
The normal process by which a territory becomes a state is, as
follower
(1)
Congress (by legislátive enactment) extend $ the
musts legislation To T
U.S. Constitution to the territory;
(2)
the territorial government conducts a constitu-
tional convention for the adoption of a proposed
state constitution;
(3) Congress enacts enabling legislation (i.e. a
Statehood Act), conditionally declaring the
territory to be a State of the Union upon,
among other things, an affirmative vote by
a
majority of the residents of the territory on
the questions of statehood; and
(4)
the issuance of a Presidential Proclamation
certifying that all of the conditions set forth
in the enabling legislation have been met and
that the territory is now a state.
Puerto Rico presents a slightly different problem, however,
*
(In some instances, steps 2 and 3 have been accomplished
in reverse order.
8. FORD
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