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20 July 1990
dear Mike,
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1990 IMF/IBRD ANNUAL MEETINGS AND COMMONWEALTH
BRIEFING
briefing
MINISTERS MEETING
the
for both the Commonwealth This letter commissions
and 20 September Ministers meeting in Trinidad and Tobago on 19 and the IMF/IBRD Annual meetings which will be held betweeen 25
are preceded by and 27 September in Washington, the latter Interim and Development Committee meetings which will be held on for these 23 and 24 September.
and meetings yet. Depending on recipients, should be aware that it may be necessary to commission further briefing at short notice.
2.
The
Agendas
list attached
have
not been issued their content, you,
allocates
Copy
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briefing responsibilities and briefs please ensure interests. Would those responsible for the that they are cleared with all other interested parties, including the relevant Treasury divisions, prior to submitting them to me.
and adhere to 3. Can I point out that briefs should be concise the standard format of objective, line to take and background.
from this year's spring meetings; attach a good example taken
note the
in particular, for factual format required please
to make it prose information in the form of tables rather than easier for the reader. Ideally policy briefs should be no longer than three pages and individual country briefs no longer than one. the Could all acronyms be spelt out and if necessary explained at first use. Also, could all references to SDR values be shown with the sterling or dollar equivalent values.
within
-
the Treasury
should
be sent to
4. Briefs initiated Sheila Robinson in WPU (Room 113/1) for typing (documents can be sent to her on divisional Officepower systems if necessary).
briefs
could be with me by 5. I should be grateful if final Thursday 30 August. Even briefs which require late updating (such as individual country briefs) must reach me in an initial form by that date. This timetable is necessary to provide time
for editing
Chancellor.
clearance
prior
to
cleared
the
to submission and final
(I cannot overstress the importance of meeting this
deadline.)
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