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IMMEDIATE DELHI
TEL NO 1323
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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
20 JULY 1969
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ADDRESSED TO F.C.O. TELEGRAM NO. 1323 OF 20 JULY, REPEATED TO
RAWALPINDI.
YOUR TELEGRAMS NOS. 113 AND 114 TO BERNE:
TEXTILE COUNCIL REPORT:
IT WOULD HELP ME, IN PRESENTING TO INDIAN GOVERNMENT A DECISION WHICH THEY ARE BOUND TO CRITICISE STRONGLY, TO KNOW IN ADVANCE
ANSWERS TO FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
(A) IN ADDITION TO WITHDRAWING A DUTY-FREE BENEFIT WHICH INDIA ENJOYS AS A MEMBER OF COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE AREA, SHOULD WE BE IN DIRECT BREACH OF ANY BILATERAL OBLIGATION UNDER TRADE AGREEMENT
OF 1939?
(B) WHAT IS BASIS OF CALCULATION THAT INDIAN SUPPLIERS WILL
SUFFER FROM IMPOSITION OF TARIFF IN A WAY THAT OTHER SUPPLIERS
WILL NOT?
(C)
WHY ARE INTERESTED GOVERNMENTS BEING CONSULTED AFTER, RATHER THAN BEFORE, A DECISION AFFECTING TARIFFS HAS BEEN TAKEN?
D) SINCE ADDITIONAL AID CONTEMPLATED IS TANTAMOUNT TO COMPENSATION,
MIGHT IT NOT BE BETTER TO DESCRIBE IT AS SUCH TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF INDIAN
SELF-RESPECT?
2.
BRINGING TOGETHER THE THOUGHTS BEHIND (3) AND (D) ABOVE, WONDER WHETHER IT IS GOOD TACTICS, EVEN IF YOU ARE FULLY SATISFIED ABOUT THE FACTS, TO INDICATE QUITE SO FLATLY IN PROPOSED STATEMENT THAT INDIA IS BOUND TO LOSE BY WHAT WE SHALL BE DOING. THIS SINGLES
OUT INDIA AS AN INJURED PARTY, AND REMOVES IN ADVANCE A POSSIBLE
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