Your I.T.O. 130, 134, 140 and 147.

Following are views of Cabinet Sub-Committee regarding World
Conference:

1. Whilst generally we favour such conferences being held at seat
of United Nations, we are prepared to leave the matter of place of
Conference to your discretion.

2. The proposal of India and China for postponement of Conference
till January should be supported. Committee is not impressed with
the need for speed in bringing into force either the Charter or
General Agreement, or for early action by U.S. Congress. The Sub-
Committee wishes to avoid undue haste in the preparation of any
necessary legislation for Parliamentary approval, and is not
impressed very strongly by the reasons given for attempting to
hold Conference in 1947. Moreover, Assembly probably would finish
before end of November. The wool difficulty does not case the task
of explaining undue haste.

3. Invitations should be extended to the Allied Control
Authorities as such of Germany, Japan and Korea, on the grounds
that these territories must eventually be brought within the
general scheme of world trade. While the presence of other enemy
and ex-enemy countries is not favoured you need not oppose it if
other countries want it. No objections to the odds and ends.

4. No obvious interest of Australia seems to be involved in the
question of whether territories enjoying commercial but not
complete political autonomy should be invited and you may support
the views of the United Kingdom in this regard.[1]