line that as we already represented some of the Gulf States on the U.P.U. we would not at this stage at least suggest that Bahrain and Qatar should be represented differently once they attain their postal independence. Mr. Snellgrove Number of copies. has, however, in a minute dated January 6 on BQ 1441/1 askeld ) that we should look into the possibilities of sponsoring Bahrain and Qatar for independent membership of the U.P.U. Number of copies This raises different questions from our representation of of enclosures... these states in that body, and I would be grateful for the comments of General Department before we tackle the Post Office. It may be worth mentioning that Qatar is an associate member of W.H.O. and UNESCO and we are thinking of sponsoring Bahrain and Qatar for associate membership of other U.N. Agencies in order to enhance their inter national status. We are also contemplating sponsoring them for membership of GATT. General Department will also wish to see the P.0.'s letter of January 12 at BB 1441/5 (A) on the question of representation on the U.P.U. It is not clear to me whether the action on advising the U.P.U. mentioned in the last sentence of paragraph 2 has yet been taken and we may need to go back to the P.0. on this. The immediate questions concern Muscat and Oman and I will draft on this as soon as I have Mr. Powell's comments. need office we come the idea.
