...to the Statement. The members of the two parts of the Legislative Assembly sitting separately would be empowered to vote whether or not the province should...be partitioned. If a simple majority of either part decided in favour of partition, division would take place and arrangements would be made accordingly....

...representatives of the legislative assemblies in these two provinces, in the words of the British Prime Minister, 'will be empowered to vote whether or not the Province should be partitioned'. If Partition was decided upon, in Attlee's oblique words, 'arrangements will be made accordingly'.5 This...