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CONFIDENTIAL

Mr.w.s. Carter,

(for Hong Kong)

COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS' MEETING

PORT OF SPAIN, 20-21 SEPTEMBER

Preparation of Briefs

Enclosed is a copy of a Note CFM(67)1 about briefing

for the forthcoming meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers.

2.

Copies of the first and last pages of brief CFM(66)6

referred to in paragraph 5 of the Note, are also enclosed as a

guide to the lay-out of briefs. "Commonwealth Office" should,

of course, be substituted for "Treasury" where necessary.

separate note will follow on the numbering of Country Notes.

Departments will note that briefs should be circulated by

3.

1 September.

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Briefs, when completed, should be sent direct to the

Treasury Committee Section. It is recommended that Departments

should keep a sufficient number of the briefs that they prepare

over and above the 50 copies to be sent to the Treasury Committee

Section for their own use and for circulation within the

Commonwealth Office.

Defensive Briefs

5. The following briefs are to be prepared by Commonwealth

Office Departments:

(8) E.5.C.: Position reached - Common Market Department

(9) E.E.C.: Trade implications Common Market Department

(11) Commonwealth Financial Meetings in 1968-

Commonwealth Financial Policy Department

(14) Rhodesia - Rhodesia Economic Department

Brief No.(8) should cover briefly the non-Common Market aspects

of the future of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement but a separate

fuller brief will be needed by the Commonwealth Office

CONFIDENTIAL

/representatives