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CYPHER/CAT A AND BY BAG
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. 920
1391
CONFIDENT IAL
TO CANBERRA
6 NOV 1969.
(HTU 15/2),
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO CANBERRA TELEGRAM NO 929 OF 6 NOV. AND TO WELLINGTON
AND PRETORIA REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO UKMIS GENEVA,
UKDEL OECD.
MY TELEGRAMS NO. 744 TO CANBERRA, 644 TO PRETORIA AND 356 TO WELLINGTON: UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
THE O.E.C.D. TRADE COMMITTEE IS MEETING FROM 6-8 NOVEMBER TO FINALISE
THE QUOTE SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTATION UNQUOTE THE 0.E.C.D. COUNTRIES
HAVE UNDERTAKEN 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 U.K'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 THE AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS KNOW 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. YOU WILL SEE THAT IT CONSISTS OF OUR SUBMISSION TO OECD DATED 28 FEBRUARY (F.C.O. TELEGRAM TO CANBERRA NO. 157) WITH A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE EXCEPTIONS LIST, OUR
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CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
10 NOV 1969
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