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IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1489
CONFIDENTIAL.
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 11TH AUGUST, 1969.
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 1489 OF 11/8: R.F.1. TO RAWLPINDI AND BOMBAY.
NEUTRAL.
YOUR TELNO 912. COTTON TEXTILES.
I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR CONSIDERING SO PROMPTLY A FORMULA DESIGNED TO REASSURE THE INDIAN AUTHORITIES.
2. MY COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT FORMULA ARE AS FOLLOWS. FIRST PARAGRAPH IS ENTIRELY ACCEPTABLE AND I HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSE. ALTHOUGH INTENTION OF SECOND PARA. IS EQUALLY HELPFUL, IT WOULD NEED TO BE RE-PHRASED TO PROVE ACCEPTABLE TO INDIAN AUTHORITIES, WE PROPOSE THE
FOLLOWING:
QUOTE IN ARRIVING AT THEIR DECISION THAT THE RIGHT COURSE WAS TO IMPOSE A TARIFF, BRITISH MINISTERS TOOK INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THEM ABOUT ITS LIKELY EFFECTS ON IMPORTS FROM INDIA, HMG LOOK FORWARD DURING THE PROPOSED CONSULTATIONS TO GOING OVER THIS EVIDENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND WILL OF COURSE BE READY TO EXAMINE ANY FURTHER FACTORS WHICH THE INDIAN AUTHORITIES WISH TO BRIG FORWARD UNQUOTE.
IN THIRD PARA., I SUGGEST THAT THE WORD QUOTE DECISION UNQUOTE BE REPLACED BY QUOTE TARIFF UNQUOTE,
3. SUBJECT TO THESE AMENDMENTS, I THINK THAT THE MESSAGE (WHICH I WOULD PROPOSE TO INCORPORATE IN A LETTER FROM MYSELF TO K.B. LALL, SECRETARY OF FOREIGN TRADE) WILL SERVE ITS PURPOSE ADMIRABLY. 4. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FURTHER GUIDANCE MENTIONED IN PARA.1 OF YOUR TELEGRAM, AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL COVER (INTER ALIA) THE SUBSTANCE OF THE QUESTIONS RAISED IN TURPIN'S LETTER OF 31 JULY TO
O'LEARY.
SIR M. JAMES
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