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DRAFT MEMORANDUM FOR CIRCULATION IN O.E.C.D.
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In the second paragraph on page 23 of TC/Pref/69.22
there is a statement to the effect that countries, territories
or regions, claiming developing status, should make their
applications without delay. HMG have not yet formally given
any indication of the position in a generalised preference
scheme of their Dependent Territories and those countries of
the Commonwealth for whose external affairs they are responsible.
HMG wish, therefore, to claim the benefit of preferences
for the under-mentioned countries and Dependent Territories, all
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of which, in their opinion, have developing status.
(a) Dependent Territories
Bahamas
Bermuda
British Honduras
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Solomon Islands
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islanda
Falkland Islands and Dependencies
Fiji
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice
Hong Kong
Monserrat
New Hebrides
Pitcairn
Islands
St. Helena and
Seychelles
Dependencies
Turks & Caicos Islands
(b) Countries for whose external affairs the United
Kingdom is responsible
Antigua
Brunei
St. Lucia
St. Vincent (to become
an Associated State on, 27 October)
Dominica
Grenada
Tonga
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla
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