Hong
Kong Dept.
decided this was
not necessary in the light-
of the Correspondence
af-2.
7. Mr. Gowers concluded the meeting by accepting the Aide Memoire and confirmed that it would be given serious consideration. It was agreed that if it were thought useful a further meeting with representatives from the High Commission for India (probably Mr. Bharadwaj since Hr. Husain will shortly be leaving the United Kingdom) could be arranged when the various points have been considered by the Departments concerned.
8. After Kr. Husain and Mr. Sehl had left the meeting officials agreed that Mr: Gowers would circula te to those present and to Tariff Division a note of the meeting together with copies of the Aide Memoire. Miss Kuske it would then consult the Indian desk in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to ascertain the leg-1 position of the U..-India Trade Agreement in this context, and Mr. Murray would inform the Hong Kong Government of the Indian representations, and try to find out at what stage the decision about Malawi had been taken and the Indian delegation info.ned. Teriff Division here would also be asked to examine their
papers to see whether they could comment.
9. It was agreed that a decision on where responsibility should rest for arranging a furthermeeting with the Indians andgiving H.M.G.'s formal reply could await the outcome of these enquiries. It was, however, thought by the majority of those present that this should be a matter for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Circulation.
Those present.
Mr. C. D. 7. Mansfield, Mr. A. F. Toms,
CRE.2. June 1969.
Tariff Division (for action on penultimate paragraph) (for information)