BUT I RECKON THAT THE ONLY POLL THAT MATTERS IS THE ONE IN THE BALLO
BOX. WE SAY THAT EVERY ELECTION. I DON'T SEE WHY I SHOULDN'T SAY IT
FOR A REFERENDUM.
(CALLAGHAN)
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THAT WAS ALSO AS ONE POLITICIAN TO ANOTHER ?
THAT'S RIGHT.
DID PRESIDENT FORD SUPPORT YOUR COMMODITY INITIATIVE ?
IT WAS WELCOMED BY HIM. YOU'LL REMEMBER THIS REALLY CAME UP WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WHEN THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND I MET WITH HIM IN OUR TWO-DAY TALKS IN JANUARY AND I SUGGESTED THIS WAS AN NITIATIVE WE WANTED TO TAKE AT THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE. WE'D HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH MR TRUDEAU ABOUT
IT AND WE'VE KEPT IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE UNITED STATES GOVERNEMENT. THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CUR THINKING, THEY ARE DOING SOME. WORK
OI IT AS YOU KNOW, BUT YES WE GOT, I THINK, A VERY WARM APPROACH TO THE PROPOSALS THAT WE PUT FORWARD, OF COURSE, OF WHICH WE SENT THEM VERY FULL COPIES. NOT ONLY MY SPEECH, WHICH WAS LONG
ENOUGH BUT NOT AS LONG AS SOME OTHER SPEECHES AT THE CONFERENCE, BUT ALSO THE VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENTS AND COMMODITY ANNEXES WHICH I'M SURE BY THIS TIME YOU'VE HAD TIME TO STUDY IN FULL. YES, AT THE OECD CONFERENCE AT THE END OF MAY WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THESE MATTERS.
INDEED WE TOLD OUR COLLEAGUES IN KINGSTON THAT THIS WOULD BE SO.
IT WILL BE UNDER CONSUMMATE AND SUPERB CHAIRMANSHIP AND I THINK THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKING THE POSITION ON
OUR PROPOSALS AND ANY ADDITIONS THEY MAY WANT TO PROPOSE WHEN THEY
GO TO THE MEETING OF OECD.
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HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TELL PRESIDENT FORD WHETHER YOU WILL
SIGN THE SO-CALLED OECD TRADE PLEDGE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AS
VELL?
A. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT TODAY BUT WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM
AND WE HAVE SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO SO.
(CALLAGHAN)
ISN'T ANYBODY GOING TO ASK WHO THE CHAIRMAN OF OECD IS?
Q. DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEMS FOR NATO FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EVENTS IN PORTUGAL ?
A WELL, THERE ARE PROBLEMS ABOUT PORTUGAL. WE VERY MUCH WELCOME
THE FACT THAT THEY'VE HAD THEIR FIRST FREE ELECTIONS FOR HALF A
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