The United States Embassy in The Bahamas expressed the view in 2009 that The Bahamas was not seriously interested in forming a federation with the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), according to a secret cable released by Wikileaks.
The cable was dated September 3, 2009, classified by Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau Timothy Zuniga-Brown. It was published by the British newspaper The Guardian yesterday.
In late August 2009, during a visit to The Bahamas, former TCI Premier Michael Misick suggested the federation. Misick had recently resigned as premier in the face of allegations of corruption.
The United Kingdom assumed direct rule of the colony in August 2009 as a result of widespread ...

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