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7. DISARMAMENT (COLOMBO, DHAKA, KINGSTON, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA,

SINGAPORE, SUVA, WELLINGTON)

WE SHOULD OF COURSE BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION OF

THIS ISSUE, ON WHICH BOTH THE AMERICANS INDIVIDUALLY AND NATO

COLLECTIVELY CONTINUE TO MAKE GENUINE EFFORTS FOR PROGRESS. BUT

WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A SPECIFICALLY COMMONWEALTH INITIATIVE ON

GLOBAL SECURITY OR DISARMAMENT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE

ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY IN THE UN AND OTHER

FORA. (FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, WE BELIEVE THAT MR RAMPHAL, THE

INDIANS AND PERHAPS THE AUSTRALIANS MAY BE PLANNING SOME KIND OF

COMMONWEALTH INITIATIVE ON DISARMAMENT: AND WE WANT TO HEAD THEM

OFF THIS.)

8. FALKLANDS (BANJUL, BELMOPAN, BRIDGETOWN (FOR BARBADOS AND

ANTIGUA), CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DHAKA, FREETOWN, GABORONE, KINGSTON,

LILONGWE, NAIROBI, NASSAU, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, PORT OF SPAIN,

SINGAPORE, SUVA, WELLINGTON)

UNGA VOTE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TAKEN PLACE. PRIME MINISTER WILL

WISH TO BRING HEADS OF GOVERNMENT UP TO DATE ON OUR THINKING, AND

THANK THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN US GENERAL SUPPORT.

9. BELIZE (BELMOPAN, COLOMBO, DHAKA, KINGSTON, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA)

WE REGRET THAT MR RAMPHAL HAS BEEN UNABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A

COMMONWEALTH TRAINING TEAM. WE HOPE CHOGM WILL REAFFIRM

MORAL/DIPLOMATIC/ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO BELIZE.

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CYPRUS (CANBERRA, COLOMBO, DHAKA, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, WELLINGTON)

TALKS ARE GOING ON ELSEWHERE, AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE A DISTINCTIVE

COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE HELPFUL. FOR YOUR OWN

INFORMATION (MR RAMPHAL ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED, NO DOUBT AT GREEK

CYPRIOT BEHEST, THAT CHOGM MIGHT MAKE A DISTINCTIVE CON-

TRIBUTION. WE ARE TRYING TO RIDE HIM OFF THIS.)

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ECONOMIC: TOWARDS A NEW BRETTON WOODS (CANBERRA, COLOMBO,

DHAKA, HARARE, LAGOS, NAIROBI, NEW DELHI, OTTAWA, SINGAPORE)

(I) THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT HAVE PREPARED THREE REPORTS

BY GROUPS OF EXPERTS SINCE MELBOURNE. TWO OF THESE

'PROTECTIONISM - A THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL ORDER' AND

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