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PRIORITY UKMISSION NEW YORK

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2518

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10 NOVEMBER 1969

ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 2518 OF

10 NOVEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKMISSION GENEVA UKDEL OECD

PARIS UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS AND WASHINGTON.

TIME FACTOR 9 A.M. LONDON TIME.

MY 1.P.T. RESOLUTION ON PREFERENCES.

FOLLOWING ARE AGREED AMENDMENTS TO TEXT IN MY TELEGRAM 2480:

(1) DELETE LAST THIRTY-TWO WORDS OF FIRST PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH AND SUBSTITUTE : QUOTE... A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES WITH THE REQUEST THAT THE COMMITTEE DRAW UP ITS FINAL REPORT TO THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND STATED THAT THE AIM SHOULD BE TO

SETTLE THE DETAILS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE COURSE OF 1969

WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY AND THE REQUIRED

WAIVER IN THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE AS SOON AS

POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. UNQUOTE

(11) FOR THE FOURTH PREAMBULAR PARAGRAPH SUBSTITUTE: QUOTE RECOGNIZING THAT THE AGREEMENT ON A GENERALIZED, NON-RECIPROCAL

AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES CONSTITUTES A

SIGNIFICANT STEP TAKEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE

PRACTICAL RESULTS IN THE FIELD OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT. UNQUOTE

!

11) FOR OPERATIVE PARAGRAPH 2 SUBSTITUTE : QUOTE

.CCEIVED IN

AGISTRY No.51

11 NOV 1969

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