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SIR JOHN CHADWICK
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TELEGRAM NO 65 SAVING
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DATE: 20 OCTOBER 1969
Addressed to Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telegram No.65 Saving of 20 October 1969 repeated for information to UKMIS Geneva, UK Del. EEC Brussels, Washington
TARIFF PREFERENCES
Following from delegation to OECD Ad Hoc Group on Preferences.
The Group mot from 13 to 17 October to continue consideration of its report to the Trade Committee. Kemmis (Board of Trade)
represented the U.K.
2. The United States delegation quickly made clear that they
were not able to take matters forward in any respect and their
failure was reflect in the attitudes of others.
3.
It was suggested that the 'Substantive Documentation" to be
submitted to UNCTAD could be one or more of:
(i) The individual illustrative lists of the
donor countries.
(ii) A short general report drafted by the OECD
Secretariat and contained in Part II of document
TC/Pref/69.22.
(iii) A more substantial comparison of individual
offers under specific functional heads drawn up
by the Secretariat in Part I of the same document.
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