obtain from them the necessary waiver of their rights
under the Trade Agreement have also so far been unsuccess-_
ful.
PECOMMENDATION
3. Given that it is still impossible to find time for
a special Bill in the current session of Parliament
(to opt for such a bill in the next session of Parliament
would be to nostpone matters to an unacceptable degree),
the choice remains that when the Secretary of State
intervened in April ie between the inconvenience of
including a provision in the Finance Bill, with all the
advantages which such provision would lead to, and the
considerable resertment which failure to provide temp-
orary relief would lead to. I therefore recommend that
the Secretary of State raise this issue with the Prime
Minister; I attach a draft minute with which Hong Yong
Department and South Asian Department agree.