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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 315
INCE
OF 130936Z JUNE 1986
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, UKDEL OECD PARKS
GATT: NEW ROUND: PREPCOM 9-12 JUNE MEETING, FINAL TWO DAYS
SUMMARY
1.
DEVELOPED COUNTRY SPONSORS TABLED THEIR DRAFT MINISTERIAL
DECLARATION WHICH RECEIVED A GENERAL WELCOME.
DETAIL
2. DISCUSSION OF SECRETARIKAT DRAFT TEXTS IN INFORMAL SESSION OF THE
PREPCOM MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. BUT THE TABLING OF THE DEVELOPED
COUNTRY DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECLARATHON PREPARED BY THE EIGHT DWARFS
AND NOW KNOWN AS THE ''DRAFT OF THE NINE'' CREATED A FAVOURABLE
IMPRESSION AND WILL GIVE CONTRACTING PARTIES (CPS) A FOCUS FOR
SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION. LDCS GENERALLY WELCOMED THE TEXT WHICH
HARD-LINERS DID NOT REJECT OUT OF HAND. THE NEXT STEPS WILL
PROBABLY BE THE TABLING OF A COMPREHENSIVE SECRETARIAT DRAFT AND OF
A HARD-LINE LDC DRAFT WHICH HAS ALREADY LEAKED (COPHIES FOLLOW BY
BAG).
3. THE US TABLED #TS OWN TEXT ON SERVICES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A TEXT ON INVESTMENT. THERE WERE NOT DISCUSSED.
HIN FORMAL SESSION, THE PREPCOM FAILED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF PARTICIPATION, THOUGH DUNKEL INDICATED HNS HOPE OF SETTLING THIS BY
THE NEXT SESSION.
5. FURTHER DETAIL FOLLOWS BY SAVINGRAM.
COMMENT
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