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possible to reach agreement on these recommendations
at the meeting between officials on 13 January.
But if not there would seem no alternative but for
officials to put forward disagreed recommendations;
(c) it remains our view that the proposals in MISC.260(70)1,
which were formulated long after Ministers decided in
Favour of Hr. Stewart's proposals in the Southern
Yemen cuse, make no difference to the merits of that
case where indigenous pensioners are concerned.
Ministers have already accepted that there was a case
for making an exception in the case of Southern Women
indigenous pensioners because or the exceptional
circumstances through which the problem developed.
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