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FM UKMIS GENEVA

TO PRIORITY FCO

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OF 130936Z JUNE 1986

INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, WASHINGTON, UKDEL OECD PARKS

GATT: NEW ROUND: PREPCOM 9-12 JUNE MEETING, FINAL TWO DAYS

SUMMARY

1.

DEVELOPED COUNTRY SPONSORS TABLED THEIR DRAFT MINISTERIAL

DECLARATION WHICH RECEIVED A GENERAL WELCOME.

DETAIL

2. DISCUSSION OF SECRETARIKAT DRAFT TEXTS IN INFORMAL SESSION OF THE

PREPCOM MADE LITTLE PROGRESS. BUT THE TABLING OF THE DEVELOPED

COUNTRY DRAFT MINISTERIAL DECLARATHON PREPARED BY THE EIGHT DWARFS

AND NOW KNOWN AS THE ''DRAFT OF THE NINE'' CREATED A FAVOURABLE

IMPRESSION AND WILL GIVE CONTRACTING PARTIES (CPS) A FOCUS FOR

SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION. LDCS GENERALLY WELCOMED THE TEXT WHICH

HARD-LINERS DID NOT REJECT OUT OF HAND. THE NEXT STEPS WILL

PROBABLY BE THE TABLING OF A COMPREHENSIVE SECRETARIAT DRAFT AND OF

A HARD-LINE LDC DRAFT WHICH HAS ALREADY LEAKED (COPHIES FOLLOW BY

BAG).

3. THE US TABLED #TS OWN TEXT ON SERVICES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AND PROMISED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A TEXT ON INVESTMENT. THERE WERE NOT DISCUSSED.

HIN FORMAL SESSION, THE PREPCOM FAILED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF PARTICIPATION, THOUGH DUNKEL INDICATED HNS HOPE OF SETTLING THIS BY

THE NEXT SESSION.

5. FURTHER DETAIL FOLLOWS BY SAVINGRAM.

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