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Accommodation problems at the

Commonwealth Secretariat

CCD

Review of the Commonwealth Secretariat

CCD

Succession to the Crown Bill

CCD

Commonwealth Day

CCD

Aid to the Commonwealth

APD ·

Commonwealth Games and sporting contacts

with South Africa

CRD

Uganda

EAD

North/South matters

ERD

Belize

MCAD

Caribbean

HKS other

my by Gam

Ghana

Senegambia

Repatriation of the Canadian Constitution

Namibia

Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC)

WAD

WAD

NAD

SAFD

UND

'B' ODA

The brief will be a composite: I would be grateful therefore for your contributions ("points to make" and "essential facts") in draft. They should be as short as possible and should reach me by noon on Thursday 28 January at the latest. (The final version must be with Mr Luce's office on the following day.)

Mr Luce's Meeting with Commonwealth Representatives in London

3. In continuation of the series of informal Ministerial meetings with High Commissioners, Mr Luce intends to give a 15-20 minute talk to High Commissioners and senior officials of the Commonwealth Secretariat in the India Office Council Chamber commencing at 5 pm on 9 February. There will then be 40-45 minutes for questions making a total of 1 hour, followed by drinks during which the High Commissioners will have an opportunity to talk informally with Mr Luce and any other Ministers present. Mr Luce intends to speak on the following topics:

The Commonwealth after CHGM

CCD

Uganda (Commonwealth Military Training Scheme)

Namibia

EAD

SAFD

The Caribbean

WIAD

I would be grateful for contributions (in the form of "points to make" (sic) and "essential facts") by noon on Wednesday

3 February. A similarly wide range of subjects could come up

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