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supervised by an agency managed jointly with other
Governments and British industry. While the
Caribbean was no doubt a geographical region, and was
so regarded from an export point of view by the DOT,
it was nevertheless composed of a number of very
different markets, of which the Dependencies and
Associated States represented only a very small
proportion.
(The
3. The FCO were examined orally on two occasions.
During these sessions it seemed that some members at
least of the Committee were prepared to accept that
the present system of commercial officers with local
market responsibilities had much to commend it.
recent inspection of the Caribbean will in fact go
some way to meeting their criticism in that it will,
if implemented, concentrate our commercial represen-
tation dealing with the Dependent Territories and
Associated States in Bridgetown where they will be
located close to the aid experts in the Development
Division, with resulting improvements in co-ordination. But this
I since the Inspector's Report has not Developing Countries' Import Opportunities Office
(DCIOO)
cannot yet be revealed & since
4. One of the Committee's main intentions in
proposing a Trade Development Agency y was to increase
our assistance to the developing countries in the
Caribbean, including the Dependent Territories and
Associated States, to market their goods in the United
Kingdom. In her memorandum, the Minister for
yet been scupted.)
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