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DEPARTMENT < 'P TRADE 1 VICTC-lIr. 3TJIIE? .GET Telephone Oi-215 78? From the Secretary of Slate B G Cartledge Esq Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street London 5V/1 C,\ ECGD CREDIT CO^rER FOR TANZANIA 2O December 1978 7\\v Thank you for your letter of 11 December reporting the Prime Minister'; comment on the question of whether EC3D Section 2 cover would be available to support the sale of military equipment to Tanzania. In the light of the comment from the Chief Secretary, (and as I understand that no further Ministerial comments are expected), I can now confirm that we do not envisage any problems in the provision of ECGD co'. er on the scale proposed. It is possible, of course, that ECGD will recei* e some complaints from other exporters unable to obtain cover for their particular orders. However, such criticism can be.weathered. I am sending copies of this letter to Kingsley Jones (HM Treasury), Stephen Wall (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Roser Facer (Ministry of Defence), Andrew Duguid (Department of Industry)" and to Martin Vile (Cabinet Office). T G HARRIS Private Secretary