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supervised by an agency managed jointly with other

Governments and British industry. While the

Caribbean was no doubt a geographical region, and was

so regarded from an export point of view by the DOT,

it was nevertheless composed of a number of very

different markets, of which the Dependencies and

Associated States represented only a very small

proportion.

(The

3. The FCO were examined orally on two occasions.

During these sessions it seemed that some members at

least of the Committee were prepared to accept that

the present system of commercial officers with local

market responsibilities had much to commend it.

recent inspection of the Caribbean will in fact go

some way to meeting their criticism in that it will,

if implemented, concentrate our commercial represen-

tation dealing with the Dependent Territories and

Associated States in Bridgetown where they will be

located close to the aid experts in the Development

Division, with resulting improvements in co-ordination. But this

I since the Inspector's Report has not Developing Countries' Import Opportunities Office

(DCIOO)

cannot yet be revealed & since

4. One of the Committee's main intentions in

proposing a Trade Development Agency y was to increase

our assistance to the developing countries in the

Caribbean, including the Dependent Territories and

Associated States, to market their goods in the United

Kingdom. In her memorandum, the Minister for

yet been scupted.)

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