FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL POLICY


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ment on, Tariffs and Trade. The countries covered by these recom-
mendations are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark,
Dominican Republic, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxemburg,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom (coun-
tries already parties to the General Agreement) and Austria, the
Federal Republic of Germany, Guatemala, Korea, Peru and Turkey
(countries which plan to negotiate at Torquay for accession to the
Agreement) .1
  Recent information indicates negotiations may not take place with
Guatemala but your approval of the recommendations regarding such
negotiations is nevertheless requested, since there is still some possi-
bility that Guatemala may find it possible to participate. No nego-
tiations will be held with the Union of South Africa, with which
intention to negotiate was announced, and no recommendations are
submitted regarding negotiations with that country.
  The complete recommendations of the Committee as to the offers of
concessions which the United States should make at this time, covering
over 2000 items, are contained in Annex 1.2 All but a few of these
recommendations are supported by the unanimous vote of the Inter-
departmental Committee, consisting of members from eight agencies&
and an observer from a ninth agency (Interior) which is now in
process of becoming a member of the Committee. The few formal
dissents from the Committee's recommendations and the comments of
the majority on the items involved are in Annex II. Annex III contains
requests which we have made on other countries and on which we.
expect substantial satisfaction as a quid pro quo for the grant of the
concessions to be offered.
  The offers here recommended cover only items which were included
in the original list of products published on April 11 and in the first
supplementary list published on May 15. Supplementary recommen-
dations with respect to negotiations with Cuba and offers to a number
of countries on products included in the second supplementary list
rm-,blished on August 17 will be submitted to you as soon as possible
       ie conclusion of the public hearings on this list, which are to
       September 25.

  'There m. n extensive file of the records of TAC in the Department of State
lot files, in Bareau of Economic Affairs files. Lot 59D599, consisting of
minutes of
TAO meetings, "documented minutes" and preparatory documentation.
Generally
the records covering 1950 are found in Boxes 302-304. There is also an extensive
documentation in the Department 'of State's central indexed files, file series
394.31 and 411.003, but there are gaps in important respects, one of the
most
notable being in connection with this document.
  'None of the annexes is attached. This of course became a public list.
There
is an extensive public documentation found in the boxes enumerated in the
preceding footnote, consisting of Tariff Commission and Treasury (customs)
literature and Department of State press releases.