TNAG-0135-FCO40-171-Tariff-preferences-for-developing-countries-1969 — Page 43

SELUPTLY CLASSIFICATION

DRAFT

Tot--

ja Conüümne

,

4. hemais, Esq.,

Trade.

Type 1 +

From

R. G. Britten

Telephone No. & Ext.

11/2

Department

T.P.D.

UNCTAD Preferences - Hong Kong

(walk you

for your letter of 20 October about #m beneficiaries wwwOF THE I feel that our submission should

be purely factual and I can, therefore, see no objection

so using your statement as the basis for a Memorandum

Lo be circulated within OECD.

2. You will, of course, appreciate that the definition

of a "Dependent Territory" does not strictly incor-

porate those countries for whose external affairs the

the

United Kingdom is responsible e.g. Associated States,

A

and we must ensure that this category is not excluded

from our submission.

3. I attach a list of such countries and Dependent

Territories together with a suggested re-draft of your

statement. We have not, of course, included Rhodesia

which is in a special category and I will be replying

separately to your letter of 1 October on this subject.

(INR) 21.391599 1,500 2/69 Hw.