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COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE (CPAAC)

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The agenda is at Annex A.

1. The 1983 Annual Conference of the Nairobi from 23 October - 5 November. Mr Whitney will lead the UK delegation, listed at Annex B.

2. CPAAC's are gatherings at which Commonwealth Parliamentarians exchange views on political, economic and other subjects of mutual interest. No resolutions are passed and no communiqué is issued. These meetings provide an opportunity for our MPs to explain the British point of view on current problems to as many as 200 other Parliamentarians from a wide selection of developed and developing Commonwealth countries. The UK delegation has always been one of the best informed, and more attention is paid to our members' speeches than most. They speak as individual Parliamentarians, but on the whole an esprit de corps prevails on the more important issues and the facts of the Government's position, and arguments to support it, are generally well used by delegates.

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All members of our delegation will need unclassified briefs as indicated at Annex C. CCD will produce a brief on ''General Commonwealth Matters'' including the subjects at Annex D and, after consultation and clearance as necessary, short notes on developments in Commonwealth countries as at Annex E. This should relieve the burden a little on other departments. I should be grateful if Departments could however produce additional briefs on those subjects at Annex F. All briefs should contain general background information, not

Line to Take'. They should be concise, but delegates are not hecessarily well informed on all topics and it is therefore necessary to include a certain amount of basic material in the briefs to enable our delegates to participate effectively in debates. These briefs will also be made available to delegates from the legislatures of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

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