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Volume #12 - 697. | |
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CHAPTER IX INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES | |
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PART
3 INTERNATIONAL TIN CONFERENCE | |
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DEA/9173-40 |
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Acting Secretary of State for External Affairs to Acting High Commissioner in Great Britain | |
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TELEGRAM 1572 |
Ottawa,
August 30th, 1946 |
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Reference Dominions Office telegrams D.777 and 778 of August 19.† International Tin Conference. Although Canada is not a member of the International Tin Committee and has not been invited to the Conference as an important consumer, the Minister of Reconstruction has informed us that in view of the high importance of tin imports to the Canadian economy he considers that Canada should participate in the Conference. The Department of Trade and Commerce shares this view and in general is anxious that we should participate in commodity discussions of this nature. We recognize that there may be reasons why it would not now be possible to extend an invitation to Canada to participate as a member of the Conference, but in that case we would like at least to have a Canadian observer at the meetings. Please therefore approach the United Kingdom authorities informally with the suggestion that an invitation should be extended to Canada and if you encounter difficulties in this fall back on the proposal to send an observer. Since we would need some time to prepare for the meeting we should be glad to have an early reply. | |
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