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CONFIDENTIAL
PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 929
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NEUTRAL
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TO NEW DELHI
13 AUGUST 1969
(MCC 13/302/2)
ADDRESSED TO NEW DELHI TELEGRAM NUMBER 929 QF 13 AUGUST REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO RAWALPINDI AND BOMBAY,
YOUR TELNO 1489.
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THE PROPOSED FORMULA HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FURTHER AND MIFT CONTAINS REVISED VERSION WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTED
AMENDMENTS. YOU MAY TAKE ACTION ON THIS.
2. YOU WILL NOTE THAT PARAGRAPH 2 HAS NOT BEEN AMENDED AS FAR AS YOU SUGGESTED, IT WAS FEARED THAT YOUR FORMULA MIGHT BE RATHER TOO FORTHCOMING IN OPENING THE WAY TO OUR HAVING TO GO OVER AGAIN WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ARGUMENT AND LEAD TO THE INJECTION OF ALL SORTS OF NEW COMMERCIAL AND OTHER FACTORS.
3. WE SHALL NOT BE SENDING ANY FURTHER DETAILED GUIDANCE AT THIS STAGE. YOU MAY DRAW AT YOUR DISCRETION ON GUIDANCE ALREADY SENT IN TELNO 349 AND ON THE BRIEF FOR, AND NOTE OF, THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE AND THE INDIAN HIGH
COMMISSIONER.
4. A REPLY TO TURPIN'S LETTER WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
5. IF YOU ARE ASKED ABOUT THE LEGAL POSITION, YOU SHOULD CONFINE YOUR COMMENTS TO SAYING THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE
FULL ACCOUNT OF THE 1939 TRADE AGREEMENT WITH INDIA.
6. IF ASKED ABOUT SPECIAL AID, YOU SHOULD NOT GO BEYOND THE TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE. (FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL DIFFERENCES ON THIS QUESTION WHICH HAVE STILL TO BE RESOLVED),
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
SOUTH ASIAN. DEPT. W. EUR. D.
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No. 51
15 AUG 1969
MKK 4/548/8
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