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* 6/8 with 3

Mr. Surjith Mr. Giddenst

(w

To see

the papers

below. As regards

para 3 of Mr. Jones' letter, the 1932 Ottawa Agreement with India provided, inter alia, that HMG would "invite" the Governments of dependent territories

to accord to India

any

preference which

for the time being, to be accorded

which may,

to any

other

part of the British Empire." Whether the preference

tobacco stems from that clause is beyond

my powers of historical research to discover.

single

a

But the grant of preference to a Communwealth country (Malawi) is surely sufficiently rare phenomenon for dr. pradhan's surprise to be justified?

J. McKelvie 34/14/08

Ini

this.

Mr Jones' interim reply

Taus

the real

Keng

gives almoor an Mhe As I recall it

to the

WVOTY

howers,

reason behind the Hong

десони

ixs

the fear

withdrawal of preference from

посветени

Lionti put al

развеснио

kimket^.

Visk

Har

Malawi

in that

the valuable

H.K. joys

Q Mc. ooler hani,

(like ourselves) was

the us to

by the

H.k.

being pressed

do somet lag

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