PARIS Feb 1 Poland on Tuesday becomes the third East European country In tran sition to apply for full mem bership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). officials said here Monday reports AFP

A widening of the 24-natfon intergovernmental think-tank seen by the rest of the world over the past three decades as an exclusive "club" of rich in dustrial nauons. has been on the cards for the past three Y™rs

OECD officials do not rule out the possibility that Mexico may become the organization s 25th member before the end of 1994

Mexico has been actively negotiating terms for joining the organization for the past nine months, after the go ahead given by OECD ministers here last June

South Korea, one of the "dynamic Asian economies ' has submitted a statement of intent indicating its interest in entering the OECD by 1996

Poland s official tetter of application will be presented to OECD Secretary General Jean Claude Paye by the Polish Ambassador to France. Jerzy Uikaszewski at the organiza Uon* Paris Headquarters.