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PRIORITY UK MISSION GENEVA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 321
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UNCTAD: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES.
29 MAY 1969
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WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED FORMAL NOTIFICATION SUMMONING THIRD
SESSION AS SCHEDULED ON 30 JUNE. TEXT BY BAG.
2. AN INFORMAL MEETING OF GROUP B COUNTRIES HAS BEEN CALLED
AT 11.00 A.M. ON 2 JUNE TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS. A NUMBER
AT LEAST OF THE MAJOR COUNTRIES ARE LIKELY TO TAKE THE LINE THAT
NOTHING IS TO BE GAINED FROM A FURTHER MEETING OF THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE AT THIS STAGE, AND THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THE METHODS OF WORK OF UNCTAD TO AVOID
UNPRODUCTIVE MEETINGS.
3.
UNLESS HEAR TO THE CONTRARY, I SHALL TAKE IT THAT SUCH VIEWS
WOULD HAVE YOUR GENERAL SUPPORT, AND THAT, IF A CONSENSUS EMERGES
IN FAVOUR OF APPROACHING PEREZ GUERRERO ON THIS SUBJECT, WE SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH SUCH A MOVE.
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