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Commonweald

Departments, shout the Distribution their despatites receive.

Mark A. Hall

4 February, 1970

a

(unless this was requested by post in the country

Concerned)

Mrs. Gaminaro ; Pee

Please

see the. Hall's minute above. Taken in

conjunction with his minute

of

hill

27/11 it would appear that the shoot answer to Hong Kong's enquiry is that up this year there despatches would have been distributed to Depts in this Office & our posts overseas but not to Commonwealth festo

or Commonwealth paste in handen. With

effect from

beginning of this Reports will be distributed on a

the

regional

the

reports

are accredited

year Diplomatis

basis to pests dbroad b.g., the region which includes Nang Kany comprises Asia & the Pacific - Afghanistan to Australia. Pests in the region wishing to show as pass copies of to the Commonwealth Yout

to whom they are would seek pries permission in the normal fathies.

'I do not see how we can short cirant the latter procedure ( as the Hall suggests) unless we obtain

of blanket authority from Hong Kong, which well be reluctant to give. Incidentally

request from Barbades such as eve have just encountered can ever arise in the

some

rast

they may

cannot see how a

under the new distribution system.

>

e

future

و

Mr Hale.

мира

Perhaps

you

would be

good

<nough

to elucidate the

D.sf. Vol 2

bearing

ove

this

following points since our city of

Appendix »(1) afpeers to have no

matter!-

(1) Am I right in thinking that up to the end

Brew.

of 1969, comins of Reporte & Cowrespondence such as those at (4) were automatically

to all our overseas posts?

Shut

•Presumably

how Barbados got

This

to know of