CYPHER/CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 445
21
TO WASHINGTON
23 FEBRUARY 1970
(TPD)
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NUMBER 445 OF 23 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA.
2.
M.1.P.T. : FOLLOWING ARE REVISIONS TO YOUR DRAFT LETTER. PARAGRAPHS 1, 2, AND 5 ARE UNCHANGED.
IN PARAGRAPH 3 SUBSTITUTE 'SERIOUS' FOR ''SIGNIFICANT'' IN FIRST SENTENCE, AND DELETE '' AS YOU MAY AGREE" IN LAST SENTENCE.
3.
PARAGRAPH 4 IS REVISED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: " IF, HOWEVER, YOU WERE INSTEAD TO SEEK REMEDIES FOR SPECIFIC CASES, WE WOULD BE READY TO JOIN WITH YOU AND OTHER COUNTRIES IN GATT IN SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR ANY IMMEDIATE DIFFICULTIES WHERE SERIOUS INJURY
EXISTS OR THREATENS''.
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