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I suggest that paragraph 55 be
reworded as follows:
"The ending of aid to Tanzania, as a
necessary consequence of her decision
to default on pensions, has not turned
out to H.M.G's political advantage.
For general aid reasons, as well as
for political considerations, the
Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs and the Minister
of Overseas Development, are anxious
to resume aid to Tanzania.
Acceptance
of the proposals in this paper would
make this possible".
The last paragraph of the draft
statement should be omitted completely.
A supplementary on the following lines
should be held ready for use:
"The Government's decision does of
course remove the impediment to a
renewed aid programme in Tanzania, and
I have no doubt that we shall in due
course be exchanging views with the
Tanzanian Government on the subject."
h) Consultation with posts
As soon as a Ministerial decision is
taken we ought to give posts guidance in
advance of any parliamentary announcement
and also seek their advice on the best
way of handling negotiations and avert
unhelpful reactions (e.g. demands that we
should go further and meet the pre-
independence pensions of indigenous
officers),
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