Background Only
ruil one! in Standard Format
(see FCO circular
170/67 of 15.7.37)
Checklist of
Quier (5
part 7 below ill necessary)
points to make
Department
Tide of Individual Brief
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FED
China
PLUS ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND
HKD
Hong Kong
SEAD
Burma
Eastern D
Central Asia
Eastern D
CED
CD (I)
ECD (E)
EAU
NENAD
NENAD
Russia and other FSU Republics
Eastern Europe
Maastricht
Enlargement
Former Yugoslavia
Middle East Peace Process
Western Sahara
✓
MED
Iraq
✓
MED
Aub Musa
CSAD
South Africa
NPDD
✓
✓
FED
Non-Proliferation
Asian Regional Security
CALL FOR BRIEFING: CHECKLIST OF POINTS TO CONSIDER
For what purpose is the brief required?
When is the meeting/visit? If you set premature deadlines the briefing may have to be revised
How long will the meeting last? Will interpreters be present? How many points can be covered?
Has the user of the brief been asked what he/she wishes to discuss?
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- what he/she thinks will come up in discussion?
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about particular points to get across?
Do you know what points the User's interlocutor wishes to discuss? Has the Post been consulted? Has an agenda been agreed?
If a written brief is required:- Which points are certain to be raised and so need full bric£ng?
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Which points might be raised and so need less briefing?
Which points are unlikely to be raised and so require only defensive briefing?
What form of briefing is needed or appropriate?
- Background (will an existing or stock brief do?)
*- Checklist of points to make (or checklist of objectives)?
- Full briefing in the standard format? (see FCO circular 170/87 of 15.7.87) - Other?--
NOTE: in all but exceptional circumstances, officials should be able to manage with one or other of these)
Specify when you want the brief, in what format it should be, whether it should be in draft or final förm, how many copies are needed, whether all copies need supporting documents etc.
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