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particular (in the Caribbean territories at least) in tourism. We should not however overlook the need to ensure that any invest- ment should be in projects which would make the most use of local labour and of technology that was appropriate to the circumstances of small, underdeveloped territories.

It was suggested that, for the Caribbean territories, we should explore the possibility of a development consortium consisting of the UK, Canada, Trinidad and Barbados. Any such scheme should however be complementary to, not a replacement for, the UK bilateral programme.