CODE 18-77

KJ5AAV

35

Reference.

RESTRICTED

pr

Hay

SAAD, SEAD, SED,

Assistants in: CSAD, EAD, HKD, LAD, NAD,

SPD, WAD, WIAD, PRU (separate copies)

COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION: 41ST PARLIAMENTARY SEMINAR AND VISIT

1.

34

Many thanks to those who responded to my minute of 7 November with points to make.

2. I attended the meeting of the CPA's Seminar and Visit Sub-Committee on 19 November. While there were some changes to the Branch Secretary's original recommendations these were due to CPA considerations and did not conflict with FCO

objectives. Secretary's original recommendations were in order to achieve an equitable regional balance for both the seminar and visit. (See annex A.) The final count, subject to fine tuning and last minute bids, stands as follows:

The majority of the amendments to the

PLACES ALLOCATED

CHANGE?

Seminar Visit

AUSTRALIA

Federal

R

New South Wales

1

Northern Territory 1

Queensland

1

South Australia

R

Tasmania

R

Western Australia

R

GOGHAH

R

R

1

1

1

BAHAMAS

R

BANGLADESH

1

1

BARBADOS

1

R

BELIZE

1

1

BERMUDA

20

R

R

BOTSWANA

R

1

BVI

R

1

CANADA

Federal

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

LRIK

1

1

1

1

R

1

RESTRICTED

Reserve place due to bilateral visit.

Reserve rather than firm place.

First Reserve.

Seminar place

swopped for firm visit place.

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