To reisiew the situation and to recommend tre
best ways of dealing with it. We should hear in mind that our main dyect is to see that quantitative restriction of whatever sent are hild to a minimum and are based on
strictly-disenied aniteria of "serious
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are administratively expensive and often involve
contentious and inconveniently detailed legislation,
they give rise to frequent friction between the
donor and recipient countries and they often put
profits into pockets other than those intended by
the criginators of the scheme. The marke disruption that they are designed to prevent-ŵould
be better dealt with under Article XIX of the
BOAT. The which is by definition the internationally
accepted instrument for this purpose. The fact
that action taken ünder this article has to be
Ton-discriminatory\and temporary`and-may involve^
regation or compensation tends to deter importing
countriêe from taking action under it that is、over-^___
Vally or_unjustiYIA——
13ur line in the CTC, has not yet been finally decided,
except that we shall not be taking a lead in pressing for
the renewal of the L.T.A. If the consensus appears to
be in favour of a prolongation, we may take an initiative in proposing thắt a GuTT Working farty shoudal be set up