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rights, principally Australia and South Africa who have already
made strong representations. The main reductions, however,
appear to cover animal and vegetable fats and sils which
appear to be of mere interest to Commonwealth ldo's than to
the 'old' Commonwealth who have raised many objections to the
inclusion of dried and canned fruit. It is true that
substantial concessions have been made to Australis on
preserved ments whereas canned peaches, which would constitute
a major concession to South Africa, have not been excluded.
One could perhaps suggest that we should look again at the
items on which the 'old' Commonwealth have a contractual
preference 19′′ether with a major trading interest, and that
these should be eliminated before we start looking at the
interests of Commonwealth ldo's who will doubtless make their
own representations in due course. 01le and fats were
originally included on the assumption that Commonwealth lde's
would obtain equivalent advantage elsewhere, and the fact that
this does not appear to be so constitutes the MAFF argument
for now excluding them. One must not lose sight of the fact
that if the old Commonwealth insist on the elimination of all
items on which they have a contractual preference our offer
would look pretty thin. There is some advantage, therefore,
in making as many major concessions to the old Commonwealth in
the hope that they will withdrew their reservations on other
items of less interest to them but on which they have a
contractual preference.
The MAFF may well reply that if we
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