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that the Secretary-General should inform the
President of the Assembly of the Ministers' views. In doing so, ho should make it clear that he had been authorised to call on the assistance of governmental experts in compiling reports.
CONCLUSIONS
4.
Generally speaking, the Committee of Ministers were concerned to give satisfaction to the Assembly without amending the Statute or acquiescing in proposals which they felt would be unacceptable to their Governments. It should
be emphasised that the decisions taken were taken by the Committee of Ministers as a whole, and that there was very little difference of opinion. Inevitably, the recommenda- tions of the Consultativo Assembly go further in some respects than the Government of any individual Member State would be prepared to go. The decisions taken on them by the Committee of Ministers were designed to further the aims of the Counç il of Europe, while at the same time keeping its work on a businesslike basis.
Foreign Office, S.W.1.
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