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and clocks and watches. In respect of these goods Commonwealth

developing countries should be included as beneficiaries of our scheme.

13 A further - largely presentational - reason for their inclusion

is that in future reviews in the OECD of the comparability of the

schomes we shall wish to take credit for our imports from

Commonwealth countries in addition to any increased imports from

non-Commonwealth developing countries. Our proportionately much

larger imports from developing countries will be a good basis from

which to press for improvements in other countries' schemes. The

developing Commonwealth will also expect us to include them

all in our UNCTAD beneficiaries. It should be noted that we

shall therefore have to include Malta, which is not a member of

the Croup of 77 and will not be benefiting in the schemes of the

BBC or probably the USA.

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Dependent Territories

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14 We have lodged claims for all our dependent territories and

the countries for whose external relations we are responsible.

also have Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the USA.

France has concurred in our claim for the condominium of the

How Hebrides. The C has announced that all these dependent

territories will benefit from their scheme, although not for textiles

and footwear. Japan will probably exclude then, at least initially.

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The United States Cill-probably include them, although whether Hong Grgiers will ope & HK', what it myyy ralis, villi Hong will obtain any worthwhile benefits.to-doubtful.

In any event

we are obliged by our support for Hong Kong, to include in our

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scheme all the depenent territories of other donors. There would