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MDHIAN 795
795
CREDITS AND TIED AID CREDITS AGREEMENT WILL BE WELCOME TO ECGD AND ODA.
PARAGRAPH 15. SHOULD REFER TO '... STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY OF A WIDER INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT'.
PARAGRAPH 16. THE REFERENCE TO VIGOROUS PURSUIT OF ANALYSIS ETC. LOOKS FAIR ENOUGH, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE POLICY DIRECTIONS IMPLICIT IN
THE SUCCEEDING TIRETS. WE SHOULD TRY TO GET "DEREGULATION"
INCLUDED IN THE FIRST TIRET.
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PARAGRAPH 17 WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE UK DELEGATION'S REPORT ON THE
MADRID MIGRATION CONFERENCE. THE SECOND SENTENCE SEEMS DUBIOUS. HOME OFFICE, ODA AND DTI'S ATTENTION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LAST TWO SENTENCES. SHOULD WE SEEK TO END LAST SENTENCE AT ... 'TRENDS AND
POLICIES' OR WOULD DEPARTMENTS FIND ANALYSIS OF SUGGESTED LINKAGES USEFUL, PROVIDED OF COURSE THERE WERE NO RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS?
PARAGRAPH 18. ENVIRONMENT.
SINCE THIS IS ABOUT WHAT GOVERNMENTS AND NOT WHAT OECD AS AN INSTITUTION SHOULD DO, IT LOOKS ACCEPTABLE.
PARAGRAPH 19. DIFFICULT TO RESIST THE CALL FOR AN INCREASINGLY OUTWARD LOOKING OECD AS THIS HAS BEEN THE THEME OF MOST RECENT MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUES, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE THE PLATFORM WHEREBY THE SECRETARIAT EACH YEAR BY SALAMI TACTICS EXTEND THE NUMBER
OF PARTICIPANTS IN EXTERNAL DIALOGUE. WE MIGHT POINT OUT THAT WE
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO ANY PROPER STOCKTAKING ON THE EXISTING OUTREACH SINCE MANY ASPECTS HAVE HARDLY BEGUN (E.G. LATIN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION IN DNME DIALOGUE; PIT PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES).
PARAGRAPH 21. SECOND TIRET. WORDING ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE LOOKS ACCEPTABLE (APART PERHAPS FROM REFERENCE TO 'DESPITE BUDGETARY
CONTRAINTS' WHICH MIGHT BETTER BE DELETED). ALTHOUGH FEW OECD COUNTRIES IN NEXT 12 MONTHS ARE LIKELY TO EXPAND THEIR ODA, WE CAN EXPECT EFFORTS BY NORDICS/NETHERLANDS/FRANCE TO BEEF UP.
PARAGRAPH 22. FORCES PACE ON KOREAN AND MEXICAN MEMBERSHIP LOOKING
TO AN INVITATION TO JOIN IN 1994 DOES THIS TIMING SUIT US? IF WE PREFER A LONGER TIME FRAME, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO APPEAR OUTWARDLY IN FAVOUR OF RELATIVELY EARLY ACCESSION.
PARAGRAPH 23. IF DIALOGUE IS TO BE ENGAGED WITH CHINA AND INDIA, IT WOULD BE LESS COSTLY TO INCLUDE WITH ONMES THAN TO HAVE SEPARATE DIALOGUES. JAPAN IS STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF CHINA. NO-ONE HAS BEEN
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