EN CLAIR
F
ONG CÔNG
ASSIFIED
TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 10 OF 15 FEBRUARY
CONFERENCE SEVEN IT IS NOT AYE MATTER FOR ANY
ONE PARTICULAR HEMBER OF IT STOP WE SHOULD LIKE TO SEE
BANGLADESH IN COMMONWEALTH STOP BUT EYE THINK PROCEDURE
IN COMMONWEALTH IS THIS COMMA THAT AN APPLICATION WOULD BE
MADE TO SECRETARY GENERAL COMMA
THEN HE COULD SETTLE MATTER EITHER BY CORRESPONDENCE
COMMA WHICH IS ONE WAY OF DOING IT COMMA OR BY MEETING
IN SOME FUTURE TIME STOP EYE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY
DIFFICULTY ABOUT BANGLADESH MEMBERSHIP IN COMMONWEALTH STOP
IT IS NOT AYE MATTER FOR BRITAIN OR ANY OTHER MEMBER
PARTICULARLY STOP
IT IS AYE MATTER WHICH IS NOW SETTLED BY SECRETARY GENERAL
EITHER THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE OR AT SOME MEETING IN FUTURE STOP UNQUOTE PARA ASKED HOW LONG DOES IT NORMALLY TAKE FOR BANGLADESH TO BE ADMITTED INTO COMMONWEALTH COMMA
SIR ALEC SAID COLON QUOTE EYE CANNOT ANSWER THAT
QUESTION COMMA EYE
DO NOT THINK STOP WE HAVE HAD AYE NUMBER OF CASES LATELY IN WHICH MEMBERSHIP OF COMMONWEALTH HAVE BEEN SETTLED VERY QUICKLY SEMICOLON IN NO CAST HAS THERE BEEN ANY
UNDUE DELAY AT ALL STOP EYE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEM OR DIFFICULTY ABOUT THIS OR ANY UNDUE DELAY STOP UNQUOTE PARA WHEN ASKED WHETHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHICH FOLLOWED BRITAIN'S EXAMPLE TO RECOGNISE BANGLADESH REPRESENTED GREATER COOPERATION BETWEEN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES ON FOREIGN POLICY COMMA SIR ALEC SAID COLON QUOTE NATURALLY
WE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH OUR
EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES AS WE DID WITH MANY OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING AYE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES /IN COMMONWEALTH
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