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PRIORITY UKMISSION NEW YORK
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2518
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10 NOVEMBER 1969
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 2518 OF
10 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKMISSION GENEVA UKDEL OECD
PARIS UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS AND WASHINGTON.
TIME FACTOR 9 A.M. LONDON TIME.
MY 1.P.T. RESOLUTION ON PREFERENCES.
FOLLOWING ARE AGREED AMENDMENTS TO TEXT IN MY TELEGRAM 2480:
(1) DELETE LAST THIRTY-TWO WORDS OF FIRST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH AND SUBSTITUTE : QUOTE... A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES WITH THE REQUEST THAT THE COMMITTEE DRAW UP ITS FINAL REPORT TO THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND STATED THAT THE AIM SHOULD BE TO
SETTLE THE DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE COURSE OF 1969
WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND THE REQUIRED
WAIVER IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. UNQUOTE
(11) FOR THE FOURTH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH SUBSTITUTE: QUOTE RECOGNIZING THAT THE AGREEMENT ON A GENERALIZED, NON-RECIPROCAL
AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES CONSTITUTES A
SIGNIFICANT STEP TAKEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE
PRACTICAL RESULTS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT. UNQUOTE
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11) FOR OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 SUBSTITUTE : QUOTE
.CCEIVED IN
AGISTRY No.51
11 NOV 1969
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