CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
CONFIDENTIAL
TO
TELEGRAM NO. 734
ỉ HONG KONG
7 NOVEMBER 1969
(MT)
1X8
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 734 OF 7 NOVEMBER REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA AND UKDEL OECD.
UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
THE 0.E.C.D. TRADE COMMITTEE IS NOW MEETING 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 ARE AGREED AND, WHERE THEIR POSITIONS STILL DIFFER, A FACTUAL DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE SUBMISSIONS EXCHANGED WITHIN O.E.C.D. 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 0.E.C.D. PAPER.
2. COPIES ARE BEING SENT TO YOU BY BAG OF THE U.K'S SUBMISSION
WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO ANNEX TO THE 0.E.C.D. REPORT TOGETHER WITH THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS OF THE E.E.C. AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES, PROVIDED THAT THE TRADE COMMITTEE AGREES THE FORM OF SUBMISSION ENVISAGED IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 1 ABOVE.
3. YOU WILL ALSO WISH TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE FORMALLY PLACED ON
RECORD IN THE O.E.C.D. OUR VIEW THAT ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA, HAVE QUOTE DEVELOPING
STATUS UNQUOTE AND ARE THEREFORE ENTITLED TO BENEFIT FROM THE
UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
T.P.D.
COPIES TO:
MR. J.G. MORRIS, CRE1 BOT MR. J. HOLROYD, KAFF
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
17 NOV 1969
HKIL 6/2
CONFIDENTIAL