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PUSHING INDIA, EXCEPT SECRETARIAT, LARGELY FOR REASONS OF BALANCE WITH CHINA. IF DESIRED, WE COULD ARGUE THAT IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO INCLUDE CHINA AND INDIA IN DNME DIALOGUE UNTIL IMPACT OF PARTICIPATION BY REFORMING LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES HAS BEEN ASSESSED.

PARAGRAPH 25. QUERY WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE EXPRESSING SATISFACTION WITH THE CCEET IN ADVANCE OF EVALUATION REPORT? COMMUNIQUE SHOULD MERELY STATE THAT THE CCEET IS BEING EVALUATED. UNTIL WE HAVE REPORT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER WE ARE GETTING VALUE FOR MONEY.

PARAGRAPH 26. CONSTRAINTS'.

SUGGEST DELETION OF 'DESPITE SEVERE BUDGETARY

PARAGRAPH 27. FIRST TIRET SEEMS TO SAY NO MORE THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN AGREED IN APPROACH TO PIT PROGRAMMES. SINCE WE ATTACH IMPORTANCE TO THE OECD DATABANK THE CALL FOR PROVISION OF TIMELY AND COMPLETE INFORMATION SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH NO PROBLEM. PRESUME WE SHALL WISH TO OMIT ANY REFERENCE TO THE PRODUCTIVITY INITIATIVE. STUDY HAS NOT YET BEEN SEEN. AND ITALY, ITS MAIN SPONSOR, HAS NOT BEEN PUSHING OF LATE.

PARAGRAPH 29. THIS PARAGRAPH COULD BE INTERPRETED AS AN OPEN ENDED CALL FOR FURTHER WORK ON GLOBALISATION/TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETAL ISSUES. IF WE WISH TO DELETE, CAN SUBSTITUTE LANGUAGE BE SUGGESTED?

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