File concerning the EFTA Mission in Washington D.C. from its establishment until an examination into its activities, includes: letters on need for cooperation between the EFTA Washington Office and the seven member countries’ embassies; List of people contacted in Washington and New York on the intended establishment of the EFTA office; Detailed report on the exploratory mission on the establishment of an EFTA mission in the US; Details on the establishment of an information office so as to have valuable contacts with important governments, congress and newspapers in the US; Note by the Secretary General on the extension of EFTA information activities in the US; Documents on the publications "EFTA Today and Tomorrow"; Memo on need to increase circulation of the "EFTA Reporter" ; Reports on EFTA information policy in the US; Details of sales of publications in the US.
Documents relating to the decision to close the Washington Office after an examination into the value of the Washington Information Office; United States trade policy, details of activities and staff of the office; Report by deputies; Note by Secretariat: examination of guidelines and activities for the dismantlement of office; Note of he answers given by Mr Young to deputies to the questions left from him in EFTA/W 64/69

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USA publications and annex relating to Washington Office examination (1969) The office had operated on the basis on which it was established, that the free trade approach is important. This involved two functions (1) having an EFTA information spokesman in the US in the person of the Director of the office, and (2) distributing information material ("EFTA Reporter" is the key instrument)