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favour of the retention of the quota arrangemento

and against the imposition of a tariff on Commonwealth

imports;

(b) 10 the decision goos in favour of the tarife

(e)

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solution, he should

(1) urge that Commonwealth governments should

be told about the docteion a few days

before any announcement is made;

(11) insist that aid for India (accepted in

principle by the President) should be

both adequate as compensation and clearly

additional to the oatiating overall aid

celling;

of State

the Secretary/noed not comment on the other

proposals summarised in para. 30 of the paper.

The arguments for and against the proposed tariff solution are set out in paras. 13 and 14 of the paper. Thepe

paragraphs seem to get out the problems fairly but to

underestimate the difficultion and the likely reactions of Commonwealth countries.

4. Speaking Notes designed to explain more clearly the

main arguments against the tart proposal are amored.

More detailed Notes prepared for uso by the Minister or State at last week's PC Committee Meeting aze also attached.

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