01-930 5422
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CONFIDENTIAL
CABINET Office
LONDON SW1A 2AS
30 January 1973
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We are circulating concurrently a DOP note to the effect that, as
no objections have been received, the Committee has been recorded as
endorsing the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary's conclusion in
paragraph 9 of DOP(73) 4. I understand that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer will be offering some comments, but that he is content with
the general recommendations of your Secretary of State's paper.
2. You should also know that while endorsing the conclusion that the
position should be kept under annual review, the Prime Minister felt
that the matter need not necessarily be brought before Ministers
collectively every year, but rather whenever the Foreign and Commonwealth
Secretary feels that there are new factors which justify reconsideration
of the issues involved.
3.
I am copying this letter to Tom Bridges at No. 10, and Alan Bailey
in the Treasury.
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