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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 13 NOVEMBER 1969
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 2181 OF 13 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
TO RAWALPINDI
YOR TELNO 1258
keb
REGISTRY NO.51
14NOV 1969
COTTON TEXTILES
HKK 6/528/8
ACTION TAKEN. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE WELCOMES EARLY TALKS, AND
DATES PROPOSED ARE CONVENIENT. IT LOOKS AS IF TWO, OR AT THE
MOST TWO AND A HALF DAYS WILL BE SUFFICIENT.
2. AS REGARDS SCOPE OF TALKS, THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE HAVE
ASKED US TO TRANSMIT TO YOU THEIR OWN SUGGESTED AGENDA(WHICH THEY
HAD ALREADY WORKED OUT AND SENT TO JAYAL IN LONDON) AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE (1) PROBLEMS ARISING OUT OF HMG'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF 22 JULY,
1969 ON IMPORTS OF COTTON TEXTILES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE
AREA..
(11) FUTURE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE INDIAN AND
UK. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. UNQUOTE
THIS HOWEVER SEEMS TO BE AN EXERCISE FOR THE RECORD, TURPIN RECEIVED
THE IMPRESSION IN TALKING WITH THE MINISTRY THAT IN PRACTICE THEY
WILL BE READY TO LET THE TALKS PROCEED ON THE LINES SUGGESTED IN
PARAGRAPH 3 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, THOUGH THEY DO NOT OF
COURSE NECESSARILY ACCEPT THE PAMPHLET QUOTE INDIA'S CASE UNQUOTE
AS BEING A CORRECT FORMULATION OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S
VIEWS.
SIR M. JAMES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
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