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3rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Host country	Jamaica
Dates	29 April–6 May 1975
Cities	Kingston
Participants	33
Heads of State or Government	28
Chair	Michael Manley (Prime Minister)
Follows	1973
Precedes	1977
Key points
Commonwealth Day Disarmament Economic issues Southern Africa Disarmament Cyprus dispute, Bangladesh Liberation War

The 1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the III Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as Kingston 1975, was the third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held from 29 April to 6 May 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Michael Manley.

Among the topics discussed were nuclear disarmament, the situation in Rhodesia, South Africa and decolonization in Southern Africa, the Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, the end of the Vietnam War, the aftermath of the war between Bangladesh and Pakistan and other regional issues.

References

1. ^ "THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 13 May 1975.
2. Secretariat, Commonwealth (1987). The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986. Commonwealth Secretariat. ISBN 9780850923179.

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