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CONE TUUN TAL
THE QUESTION OF PRECISELY WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO PRESENT THE
MEMORANDUM IN COMMUNITY CAPTIALS IS CLEARLY DEBATABLE.
AS INDICATED IN MY TELEGRAM HO 542 WE THINK THAT MAXIMUM EFFECT IS LIKELY TO BE ACHIEVED IF PRESENTATION IS LINKED TO SPECIFIC
DISCUSSION ON GSP IN THE COREPER, BUT WE NOTE FROM YOUR TELEGRAM NO 641 THAT YOU WOULD PREFER PRESENTATION TO BE SOON AFTER 19 JUHE,
WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WISH TO STAND IN YOUR WAY BUT SUGGEST THAT
A WEEK OR SO AT LEAST SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PASS TO ENABLE MEMBER
STATES FULLY TO DIGEST THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS. AND WHEN THE HEMORANDUM IS PRESENTED, WE THINK THAT FOR THE REASONS IN PARA 2 ABOVE DORVARD AND DODGE SHOULD UNDERTAKE THE TASK, ACCOMPANIED WHERE PRACTICABLE BY EMBASSY OFFICIALS. IT WILL OF COURSE DE NECESSARY TO REVISE THE SECOND PART OF THE NEMORANDUM TO TAKE ACCOUM OF WHATEVER PROPOSALS THE COMMISSION IN FACT TABLE. WE THINK THAT ANY SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL YOU HAVE SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DORWARD AND DODGE SOON WITH A VIEW TO THEIR MAKING USE OF IT
AT THE TIME OF PRESENTATION.
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