| Full Text of the Pre-Plebiscite Resolution on Reunification. In one of the secret documents which I obtained from the British Public Record Office in Kew Gardens in London , which became open to the public in 1993 after the mandatory 30-year rule on highly classified secret documents, I became aware of the types of arrangements that took place between Foncha and Ahidjo prior to reunification. The key document which underlies Reunification in Cameroons is a "Resolution" which President Ahidjo and Prime Minister John Ngu Foncha signed on 14th October 1960 on "Reunification" in the event that Southern and Northern Cameroons vote in favor of joining the Cameroun Republic. Please read this important document carefully. Reunification of Southern Cameroons with Republic of Cameroun Resolution Whereas by resolution of 14the session of the United Nations a plebiscite will be held in February 1961 to decide whether the Northern and Southern Cameroons will gain independence by joining the Federation of Nigeria or the Cameroun Republic; And Whereas in the event of the vote favoring the joining of the Cameroun Republic, the implementation of reunification on a Federal basis adaptable to conditions peculiar to all sections of Cameroon cannot be automatic but gradual; And Whereas the delegations of the Government of Cameroun Republic and the government party in Southern Cameroons reaffirm their peoples' strong desire to reunite as a nation, and the same leaders having held two previous discussion to initiate the constitutional nature of the Union; Now, at their third meeting holding in Yaoundé between the 10th and 14th October 1960 resolved that the outline draft proposal for the constitution in the event of unification be adopted. Outline Proposal for a Draft Constitution for a federal United Kamerun Republic . At the third meeting of the Representatives of the government of the Republic of Cameroun and the Governing Party in the Southern Cameroons to continue their discussions on a draft constitution for the unification of the Republic of Cameroon and the Northern and Southern British Cameroons the following declaration s were made by Premier Foncha, President Ahidjo, Head of the Cameroun Republic, and Mr. Charles Assale, the Prime Minister of Cameroun Republic: 1 (a) That they intend to do everything possible (in their power) to implement the country-wide desire for unification to which they have dedicated themselves; 1 (b) Reaffirmed that the territories shall be unified as a federal, sovereign state outside the British Commonwealth and the French Community; And agreed on the following draft constitution: 2. The Federation shall consist of the Republic of Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons . The two parties hope that Northern British Cameroons will join the federation whether as a separate state or as a unit with Southern Cameroons ; 3. The main features of the constitution of the Federation of Kamerun States: a. The Federation of Kamerun states shall be democratic and freedom of worship, of speech of press and movement shall be guaranteed in so far as these rights are exercised within the law of the Federation. b. The Federation shall have a common motto, national anthem, and national flag; c. All indigenous people in all the states shall have Cameroonian citizenship; 4. Minimum Federal Subjects: a. Citizenship b. Civil Rights c. National Defense d. Foreign Affairs e. Higher Education f. Immigration and Emigration g. Federal Budget h. Posts and Telegraphs The remaining subjects which are likely to fall within the power of the Federal Government will for the time being be legislated upon by the states; 5. The Legislature of the Federation: There shall be two legislative Houses for the Federation: The National Assembly and the Senate The Federal Auth | 
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