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BULGARIA AND GATT

1. WESTERN AMBASSADORS WERE SUMMONED COLLECTIVELY BY VICE MINISTER GOTSEV ON 9 JULY. HE ASKED US TO INFORM OUR GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIAN INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING AS AN OBSERVER IN THE MINISTERIAL MEETING OF GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES IN URUGUAY FROM 15-19 SEPTEMBER, AND IN THE FORTHCOMING ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. PARALLEL DEMARCHES WERE NOT BEING MADE IN CAPITALS, BUT BULGARIAN AMBASSADORS WOULD BE BRIEFED. THE BULGARH AN REPRESENTATIVE IN GENEVA WAS IN TOUCH WITH THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE. BULGARIA WOULD APPRE-ICATE A REPLY IN DUE COURSE. (COPY OF NON-PAPER FOLLOWS BY BAG.)

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2. A SIMILAR BULGARIAN REQUEST WAS MADE AT THE ANGLO-BULGARIAN JOINT COMMISSION MEETING IN SOFIA FROM 13-16 MAY. THE AGREED MINUTE RECORDS THAT THE UK SIDE EXPLAINED THAT PARTICIPATION IN

THE NEXT ROUND OF MTN WOULD BE A MATTER FOR THE CONTRACTING PARTIES AS A WHOLE.

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