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TWO INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS (SEE PARA. 7 (C) (D) BELOW) THEREAFTER DAILY 8915 - 1215 AND 1553 1745 HOURS.

VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION;

HOTEL AND VENUE TO BE AS CLOSE AS

POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY WITHIN WALIKING DISTANCE- (EXCELSIOR AND WTC

CR HILTON USING HILTON BALLROOM?). 1 OFFERED YOUR HELP WITH

HOTEL BOOKINGS - SPECIAL RATES ETC.

で

PROGRAMME

(ACENDA TOO FORMAL. A WORD AT THIS STAGE)

MR SRINIVASACHAR FEELS THAT AFTER

(A) THE CS WELCOME SPEECH PLUS

(B)

AN OPENING STATEMENT BZ A SENIOR HKG OFFICIAL (SEE PARA.

11 BELOW) THERE SHOULD BE TWO STAGE SETTING PIECES

(c) ONE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES (ABBAS HIGHLIGHTING FOR 15-20 MINUTES EXTRACTS FROM A PREVIOUSLY PREPARED PAPER) AND O ANOTHER

(D)

(E)

(F) (G)

SUMMARISING EVENTS UPTO THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR AND PERHAPS OUTLINING INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY ATTITUDES TO THE FUTURE OF THE MFA AS FAR AS THEY ARE KNOWN. THE DISCUSSION WOULD THEN TURN ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS TO THE FUTURE OF IFA HAVING REGARD TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEA AND THE POSITION OF TEXTILES IN THE MTN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CO-ORDINATING A DEVELOPING COUNTRY POSITION ON THESE POINTS LEADING TO

TECHNIQUES OF NEGOTIATING UNDER THE MFA, FOLLOWED BY TECHNIQUES OF IMPLEMENTING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS MADE UNDER THE NFA, THERE WOULD THEN BE

(K) A CLOSING SESSION AT WHICH ASUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS MIGHT

BE DRAWN UP.

8. THE CS WILL INVITE PARTICIPANTS TO PREPARE PAPERS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND LOOKS TO HK TO SHOW THEXXXXWAY. I TENTATIVELY OFFERED PAPERS BY HK ON (F) AND (G) ABOVE. ALL PAPERS SHOULD BE READY 1 APRIL 1977 AT LATEST. AUTHORS WOULD SPEAK TO THEIR PAPERS FOR 18-15 MINUTES. THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE PAPERS.

9.

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SERVICES: CS HOPES THAT WE

CS HOPES THAT WE CAN

(A)

(B)

PROVIDE HELP-THROUGH FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT FOR DELEGATES

CONVEY THEM TO HOTEL AND BACK TO AIRPORT AT CLOSE OF SEMINAR

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|(C).

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