task which must be left in the first place to the Board of Trade. We are therefore forced back to a position of waiting for the Board of Trade to evolve a line and seeing that we get sufficient opportunity of commenting on it.
4.
As I said at the beginning, this minute is largely for the record, and was initiated before I had seen Washington telegram no. 882 about Mr. Stans' visit and possible liaison with EEC and Japan. We shall have to remember that, although Mr. Stans will not start his talks in London before 24 April, this is the end of an itinerary which begins in Brussels on 11 April.
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(J. N. McKelvie) Trade Policy Department
25 March, 1969
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