CYPHER/CAT A & BY BAG
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 654
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No. 51
17: NOV 1969
150
Ronference
TO OTTAWA
10 NOVEMBER 1969.
(MTU 15/2)
Tus).
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO OTTAWA TELEGRAM
NICK 6/12
6/12
NUMBER 654 OF 10 NOVEMBER
AND TO DUBLIN CANBERRA WELLINGTON PRETORIA AND UKMIS GENEVA
REPTD FOR INFMN SAVING TO UKDEL CECQ.
MY TELS NO 648 TO OTTAWA AND 920 TO CANBERRA: UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
139)
CECD TRADE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED SUBMISSION TO UNCTAD OF A JOINT
CECD PAPER ON 15 NOVEMBER AND INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES' SUBMISSIONS, INCLUDING CUR OWN, WILL BE ANNEXED, PLEASE NOW TAKE ACTION AS INSTRUCTED IN PARA 2 OF MY TCL UNDER REFERENCE, BEARING IN MIND THE FOLLOWING TWO ADDITIONAL POINTS:-
(1) THERE HAS NOW BEEN SOME GREATER CLARIFICATION OF THE U.S. POSITION AND THEIR PROPOSALS WILL BE ANNEXED TO THE GECD PAPER. AS HOWEVER THESE PROPOSALS WERE ONLY TABLED ON 3 NOVEMBER, THE OTHER OECD COUNTRIES HAD INSUFFICENT TIME TO REVIEW THEIR
POSITION IN THE LIGHT OF THE U.S. OFFER:
(11) THE VERSION OF OUR SUBMISSION WHICH IS CIRCULATED TO UNCTAD
WILL NOT CONTAIN DETAILED TRADE STATISTICS FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
ITEMS.
2. (UKMIS GENEVA ONLY)
PLEASE HAND OVER COPIES OF OUR SUBMISSION AS AGREED TO COMMONWEALTH
AND SOUTH AFRICAN MISSIONS IN GENEVA,
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
TR.POL.D.
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PEF.
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COPIES TO:
MR. J.G. MORRIS.
CRE1, BOT.
CONFIDENTIAL
MR. K.J. WILKES, MAFF.
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