CONFIDENT I AL
CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO.1337
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
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Tariff Wile
147
TO NEW DELHI
5 DECEMBER 1969.
(COMMODITIES)
Pa hauv
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YOUR TELEGRAM NOS 2380 AND 2381 AND MY TELNO,1335 :
COTTON TEXTILE TALKS.
OUR CONCERN OVER THE TERMS OF THE COMMUNIQUE AROSE FROM THE
CONSIDERABLE PARLIAMENTARY AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN THIS MATTER IN
THIS COUNTRY AND THE FACT THE INITIAL COMMENT HERE IS LIKELY TO BE
BASED ON WHATEVER IS SAID PUBLICLY IN INDIA AT THE END OF THE TALKS,
2.
WE FULLY APPRECIATE YOUR REASONS FOR GOING ALONG WITH THE TEXT
WHICH THE INDIANS WANTED. AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS THE DANGER
THAT WE MIGHT APPEAR TO HAVE CONCEDED THE INDIAN POINTS THROUGH
SILENCE.
3. WE ARE GLAD TO NOTE THEREFORE THE AMENDMENT INDICATED IN FINAL
PARA OF YOUR TEL NO.2389. WE AGREE WITH THE LINE WHICH YOU PROPOSE TO TAKE IN DEALING WITH PRESS ENQUIRIES (PARA 5 OF YOUR TEL. NO.2371) AND WE SHALL TAKE A SIMILAR LINE HERE. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD NOT WISH TO HOLD UP THE ISSUE OF THE PROPOSED COMMUNIQUE.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US TO HAVE BY TELEGRAM DETAILS OF THE
WAY THIS MATTER IS REPORTED IN THE INDIAN PRESS.
STEWART.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES D.
NEWS D.
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