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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1258
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
TO NEW DELHI
11 NOVEMBER 1969 (MCC 13/302/2)
ADDRESSED TO NEW DELHI TELEGRAM NO, 1258 OF 11 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO RAWALPINDI
COTTON TEXTILES # YOUR TELNO 1943.
WE AGREE THERE WOULD BE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE IN A MEETING WITH INDIAN OFFICIALS FAIRLY SOON. SANDERS (BOT) AND CAREY (MINTECH) WOULD BEPREPARED TO COME TO DELHI FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS IN THE
FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
2, THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO LEAVE LONDON ON SATURDAY EVENING 29 NOVEMBER, WITH A VIEN TO STARTING TALKS ON MONDAY 1 DECEMBER, THIS TIMING HAS BEEN CHOSEN IN ORDER THAT CAREY MIGHT STAY ON FOR OPENING OF KANPUR ON 6 DECEMBER.
3. WE WOULD ENVISAGE THE MEETING AS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE INDIANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS, TO ENABLE US TO EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR OUR DECISION, TO DEAL WITH THE ARGUMENTS IN THE PAMPHLET ** INDIA'S CASE'' AND TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFICULTIES WE SEE IN THE VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS INDIA HAS MADE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE
POLICY.
4. WE WOULD NOT EXPECT AT THIS MEETING TO GET TO THE STAGE OF DISCUSSING THE TERMS OF THE WAIVER WE SHALL NEED ALTHOUGH AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS IN A PRELIMINARY WAY ON HOW THE POSITION IS
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
13 NOV 1969
1741C1 6/528/8
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