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DRAFT EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

In connexion with the signing of the Anglo-Jenelux Agreed

Minute on Trade I have the honour to inform you that the

following is ry understanding of the situation:-

(a) The present arrangerents for freely licensing imports

into the United Kingdon of all types of processed

milk will continue in force for a period of three

months from the end of the current period of validity

of the Agreed Minute. Processed milk is accordingly

included in the Annex to the Agréed Minute.

In the event of the United Kingdom finding it

necessary to reimpose bilateral quotas for the

import of processed milk, consultations will take

place with Governments of the Benelux countries

before the expiry of the current period of validity

of the Agreed linute with a view to determining

quotas for each country, having regard to all relevant

factors including trade in these products during the

previous 12 months.

(t) It is the intention of the United Kingdom Government

during the current period of validity of the Agreed

inute to continue to issue licences freely for the

import of Benelux jute yarn. Jute yarn is accordingly

included in the Annex to the Agreed linute pro

memoria,

(c) The United Kingdom representatives agreed that in

respect of the allocations within the framework of the

so-called "Bacon Understanding" of 11th Larch, 1964

there would be consultations with the Governments of

the Benelux countries concerning the proportion of

supplies to be taken from those countries.

(d) the Government of the United Fingdom is disappointed

that the Belgian Government is still unable to lift

the present bar on sugar imports and hope that the

/Belgian

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