16 - 19 OCTOBER 1972, OTTAWA, CANADA. THE MEETING CONSIDERED COMPARATIVE TECHNIQUES OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND TASKED THE SECRETARIAT WITH ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETINGS WHICH WOULD ENSURE 'FLEXIBILITY, INFORMALITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN FRANK DISCUSSION OF COMMON PROBLEMS, EVEN FROM OPPOSING STANDPOINTS