CIRCULAR SAVING DESPATCH NO: 33/71
HXF 6/19
UNCLASSIFIED
21 May 1971
155
From: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
To:
The Governor:
Bahamas
Bermuda
British Honduras
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
St Helena Seychelles Hong Kong
High Commissioner
British Solomon
Islands Protectorate
The Administrator:
British Virgin Islands Montserrat
Cayman Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands Tristan Da Cunha
Resident Commissioner
New Hebrides
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
1.
UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME
I enclose for your information a descriptive article on the General Preference Scheme which appeared in the publication "Trade and Industry" on 24 March.
2.
Since the article was published the EEC have announced that they will implement their scheme from 1 July. Enabling legislation
own scheme is included in the Finance Bill, at present before Parliament, with a view to our being in a position to introduce the UK generalised preference scheme before the end of the year.
for our
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 24 MAY 1971
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