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APPROACH WAS PESSIMISTIC AND UNHELPFUL: THE U.S. SUBMISSION WAS THE ONLY ONE (IRISH REPUBLIC APART) STILL OUTSTANDING AND STUDY OF IT COULD SURELY BE CARRIED OUT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PERMIT A SUBSTANTIVE MEETING WITH THE L.D.C.'S IN, SAY, OCTOBER. THE THOUGHT - OR WORRY OF SOME DELEGATIONS IN THE GROUP THAT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT THEN GO AHEAD UNILATERALLY WITH ITS OWN PREFERENCES SCHEME WAS CLEAR ENOUGH, THOUGH DI MARTINO, WHEN PRESSED, WOULD ONLY SAY THAT, THE COMMUNITY INTENDED TO RESPECT THE NEW DELHI PREFERENCES RESOLUTION 21(11)
40 IN THE END, THE CHAIRMAN WAS LEFT TO REPORT TO THE OECD TRADE COMMITTEE, FOR ITS APPROVAL AT ITS MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 12/13 JUNE, THE FOLLOWING PARTIAL ELEMENTS OF AGREEMENT.
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FIRST, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC GROUP WHO HAD MADE THEIR SUBMISSIONS SHOULD NOW CIRCULATE THEM TO ALL GROUP MEMBERS, NOT JUST THOSE OTHERS WHO COULD OFFER THEIR SUBMISSIONS IN EXCHANGE. JAPAN
COULD STILL NOT AGREE TO CIRCULATE HERS UNTIL BEFORE THAT OF THE
U.S. THE FOUR SO-CALLED DEVELOPING MEMBER COUNTRIES OF OECD (SPAIN, PORTUGAL, GREECE, TURKEY) REPEATED THEIR CALL FOR COPIES OF THE SUBMISSIONS. KEMMIS SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE U.K. COULD AGREE TO THIS PROCEDURE IF IT WERE GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE AND APPROVED BY THE TRADE COMMITTEE. WORTHINGTON ADDED THAT THE U.S. HAD ALREADY RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS FROM A NUMBER OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES. 6. SECOND, THE AD HOC GROUP SHOULD BEGIN STUDYING AND EXAMINING THE PREFERENCE SUBMISSIONS IN JULY, BEGINNING WITH THE OTHERS AND TAKING THOSE OF THE U.S. AND JAPAN AS SOON AS THAT OF THE FORMER BECAME AVAILABLE. KEMMIS SOUNDED A WARNING NOTE THAT NOT TOO MUCH SHOULD BE EXPECTED OF WHAT WOULD BE INEVITABLY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS.
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THIRD, WITHOUT STIRRING UP L.D.C. HORNETS OR EMBARKING UPON POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CHANGING THE SO-CALLED TIMETABLE OF UNCTAD RESOLUTION 21(11), THE WELCOME NEWS OF THE SOON HOPED FOR U.S. PREFERENCES SUBMISSION AND THE START
(11 ABOVE) OF REAL OECD EXAMINATION OF THE VARIOUS SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE USED APPROPRIATELY IN GENEVA TO GAIN A REDUCTION TO A FEW
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