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CIRCULAR SAVING DESPATCH NO: 33/71

HXF 6/19

UNCLASSIFIED

21 May 1971

155

From: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

To:

The Governor:

Bahamas

Bermuda

British Honduras

Falkland Islands

Gibraltar

St Helena Seychelles Hong Kong

High Commissioner

British Solomon

Islands Protectorate

The Administrator:

British Virgin Islands Montserrat

Cayman Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands Tristan Da Cunha

Resident Commissioner

New Hebrides

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony

1.

UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME

I enclose for your information a descriptive article on the General Preference Scheme which appeared in the publication "Trade and Industry" on 24 March.

2.

Since the article was published the EEC have announced that they will implement their scheme from 1 July. Enabling legislation

own scheme is included in the Finance Bill, at present before Parliament, with a view to our being in a position to introduce the UK generalised preference scheme before the end of the year.

for our

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 24 MAY 1971

4116/1