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relations.
While over-detailed formalisa-
tion of the arrangements should be avoided
in this case, there is in our view a strong
case for trying to formulate certain broad
agreed guide lines. We should not, I feel,
try to incorporate these in the existing
statement see course (b) above
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I have said, wąs drafted principally with
bilateral trade negotiations in mind.
would probably encounter difficulties, for example, in rephrasing paragraph 5(a) to
cover the differing multilateral and
bilateral situations.
My inclination is to try our hand at a
separate set of agreed guide lines, as at (
above. Clumsy perhaps, but less fraught
with difficulty.
It is of interest in this
connection that at the conclusion of our
discussions the Governor expressed a willing-
ness to consider excluding the GATT and other
international organisations from the scope of
the present draft.
I have set out these tentative thoughts
at some length, but in my view it would be
more fruitful to have a further meeting
than to continue our exchanges in
correspondence.
If you agree I should be
glad to arrange a meeting.
I am sending a copy of this letter and
enclosure to Carey (Ministry of Technology).