C.F.M. (68)1
9th July, 1968
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HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY
COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL
MEETING OF FINANCE MINISTERS, SEPTEMBER, 1968 PROVISIONAL BRIEFING ARRANGEMENTS
Note by the Treasury and the Commonwealth Office
The 1968 Meeting of Finance Ministers will be held in London on Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th September, 1968, shortly before the annual meetings of the IMF and IBRD which are to be held in Washington from 30th September to 4th October, 1968. A draft agenda, as provisionally agreed at a meeting of officials in Marlborough House on 20th June, is at Annex 'A'.
Allocation of briefs
2. A list of briefs needed with serial numbers and departmental responsibility, is at Annex 'B' to this note. Departments are asked to clear briefs inter-departmentally as necessary before circulating them.
Timing
3. Briefs should be circulated by Friday, 30th August.
Form of briefs
4. Briefs should be BRIEF.
5. Their general layout should follow the pattern of C.F.M.(67)5 of 11th September 1967. Each brief should start with a short summary, in single spacing, which should indicate the relation of the brief to the agenda, and should state whether there are any points the United Kingdom Delegation should raise. The main body of the brief should follow in double spacing, with side headings if appropriate. Speaking notes should be provided, in the form of an annex, in the case of agenda briefs only.
Circulation of briefs
6. Treasury Committee Section (extension 1008) will circulate all briefs to those listed in Annex 'C' to this note; Departments outside the Treasury should provide 50 copies of each brief for this purpose. (In the case of briefs prepared within the Treasury, Committee Section will handle duplication.)
Enquiries
7. These should be referred to Mr. W.J.E. Norton (Treasury, extension 829) or Mr. J.N. McKelvie (Commonwealth Office, Curtis Green Building, extension 278).
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