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CYPHER/CAT A AND BY BAG
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1237
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NEUTRAL
TO NEW DELHI
6 NOVEMBER 1969
(MTU 15/2)
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ADDRESSED TO DELHI TELEGRAM NUMBER 1237 OF 6 NOVEMBER AND TO
OTHER COMMONWEALTH POSTS REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO
UKDEL OECD AND UKMIS GENEVA.
MCKELVIE'S CIRCULAR LETTER OF 9 SEPTEMBER: UNCTAD PREFERENCE
SCHEME.
THE OECD TRADE COMMITTEE IS MEETING FROM 6 TO 8 NOVEMBER TO FINALISE THE QUOTE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION UNQUOTE WHICH OECD COUNTRIES UNDERTOOK TO SUBMIT TO UNCTAD BY 15 NOVEMBER. THIS WILL CONSIST OF A REPORT SETTING OUT THOSE ELEMENTS ON WHICH ALL THE PROSPECTIVE DONOR COUNTRIES WERE AGREED AND, WHERE THEIR POSITIONS STILL DIFFER, A FACTUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE SUBMISSION EXCHANGED WITHIN OECD. IT SHOULD CONTAIN AS MUCH DETAILED INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AND THE TRADE COMMITTEE MAY THEREFORE AGREE THAT THOSE COUNTRIES WHICH ARE READY TO DO SO SHOULD ATTACH THEIR OWN SUBMISSIONS TO THE JOINT
OECD PAPER.
2. COPIES ARE BEING SENT TO YOU BY BAG OF THE UK'S SUBMISSION WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO ANNEX TO THE OECD REPORT TOGETHER WITH THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS OF THE EEC AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. IN ORDER TO LET COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENTS KNOW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S SUBMISSION IN ADVANCE OF THE GENERAL CIRCULATION BY THE UNCTAD SECRETARIAT, YOU SHOULD BE READY TO HAND OVER A COPY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE CONFIRMATION BY TELEGRAM THAT IT WILL IN FACT BE INCLUDED IN THE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 10 NOV 1969
HKX6/12
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