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IMMEDIATE RAWALPINDI TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TEL. NO. 646
CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL].
21 JULY 1969
ADDRESSED TO F C 0 TELNO 646 OF 21 JULY RFI DACCA KARACHI
LAHORE AND DELHI.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 113 TO BERNE.
COTTON TEXTILE TARIFF.
I AM GREATLY SURPRISED BY THE SUDDENESS OF THIS DECIS TOM
WHICH SEEMS CONTRARY TO OUR FORMER PRACTICE OF CONSULTATION
IN DIFFERING DEGREES, WITH A FRIENDLY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY ON
A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN TO HER.
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2. 1 APPRECIATE THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT
BY CONSULTATIONS IN ADVANCE TO SECURE ACQUIESCENCE OF ALL THE
GOVERNMENTS AFFECTED. NEVERTHELESS, AT LEAST AS FAR AS PAKISTAN
IS CONCERNED, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT PRESENTATIONAL
ADVANTAGE IN SEEKING THE VIEWS OF THE COVERNMENT BEFOREHAND.
LE WOULD THEN AT LEAST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CLAIM THAT WE HAD TAKER
INTO CONSIDERATION ANY REPRESENTATIONS THEY WISHED TO MAKE.
3. AS IT IS, WE HAD READ PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR GUIDANCE 77
OF 2 APRIL AS AN INTENTION TO CONSULT IN ADVANCE WITH COMMONWEALTH
GOVERNMENTS AND THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, TO WHOM THE SUBSTANCE
OF THIS PARA WAS CONVEYED ALMOST VERDAT IM, CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD
IT AS MEANING THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSULTED BEFORE ANY ACTION
WAS TAKEN. FURTHERMORE, THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN YOUR
TELEGRAM 714 TO DELHI AS RECENTLY AS HID-JUNE THAT THERE WAS ANY
LIKELIHOOD OF A DECISION IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
RECEIVED IN FGISTRY No.51
22 JUL 1969
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