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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Anne Collier

December 16, 1982

The gates that cut off the British colony of Gibraltar from Spain for 13 years swung open Wednesday to shouts of ''We want to stay British!'' from Gibraltarians crowded behind police barriers. The Spanish gates were shut in 1969 by Gen. Francisco Franco.