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3. OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH THREE:
"' WITH A VIEW TO REALIZING
THE HOPE EXPRESSED IN ...... '' COULD BE TAKEN TO IMPLY ACCEPTANCE THAT THIS DEADLINE IS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVEMENT. THIS EXPRESSION OF HOPE WAS MADE ONLY BY MANY COUNTRIES'' AND WAS NOT REFERRED TO IN THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S RESOLUTION. THE WORDS FOLLOWING TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD'' SHOULD PREFERABLY BE DELETED BUT AS A LAST RESORT COULD BE AMENDED TO READ AND TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE HOPE EXPRESSED
BY MANY COUNTRIES .............
"' ALTHOUGH STRICTLY THIS IS SUPERFLUOUS IN VIEW OF THE SECOND PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH.
4. FOURTH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH: THIS SWEEPING JUDGEMENT WHICH APPEARS TO GO WELL BEYOND UNCTAD ACTIVITY SEEMS OUT OF PLACE IN A RESOLUTION ON PREFERENCES. IT IS IN ANY CASE AMBIGUOUS. WE COULD ACCEPT EITHER
(A) '' RECOGNIZING THAT AN AGREEMENT ON A GENERALIZED
PREFERENCES WOULD CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEPS WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COULD TAKE TO ACHIEVE
OR
(B) RECOGNIZING THAT THE AGREEMENT ON A GENERALIZED
PREFERENCES, EXPRESSED IN UNCTAD RESOLUTION 21(1), CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEPS TAKEN ........
5. YOU SHOULD SEEK CO-OPERATION OF EEC AND THE WESTERN DELEGATIONS IN TRYING FOR THE AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED ABOVE, BEARING IN MIND THE NEED TO AVOID BEING BRACKETED WITH THE U.S. ALONE IF THE LATTER APPEAR TO HANG BACK WHILE THE EEC AND THE WESTERN DELEGATIONS TAKE A MORE FORTHCOMING LINE.
6. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER TELEGRAMS ON THIS SUBJECT CODEWORD NEUTRAL RATHER THAN IMPEL.
STEWART
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