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PRIORITY UK MISSION GENEVA TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 321

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NEUTRAL

UNCTAD: SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES.

29 MAY 1969

PA Mar 616

WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED FORMAL NOTIFICATION SUMMONING THIRD

SESSION AS SCHEDULED ON 30 JUNE. TEXT BY BAG.

2. AN INFORMAL MEETING OF GROUP B COUNTRIES HAS BEEN CALLED

AT 11.00 A.M. ON 2 JUNE TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS. A NUMBER

AT LEAST OF THE MAJOR COUNTRIES ARE LIKELY TO TAKE THE LINE THAT

NOTHING IS TO BE GAINED FROM A FURTHER MEETING OF THE SPECIAL

COMMITTEE AT THIS STAGE, AND THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR

ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THE METHODS OF WORK OF UNCTAD TO AVOID

UNPRODUCTIVE MEETINGS.

3.

UNLESS HEAR TO THE CONTRARY, I SHALL TAKE IT THAT SUCH VIEWS

WOULD HAVE YOUR GENERAL SUPPORT, AND THAT, IF A CONSENSUS EMERGES

IN FAVOUR OF APPROACHING PEREZ GUERRERO ON THIS SUBJECT, WE SHOULD

BE PREPARED TO ASSOCIATE OURSELVES WITH SUCH A MOVE.

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 30MAY 1969

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