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accept three. There therefore seems no reason to hold out
for two. To concede four as the N.C.N.A. ask would I think
be wrong in principle as it would be bowing to pressure on
a point which cannot be of prime importance to N.C.N.A.
Moreover the Chinese in Peking seem disposed to accept three.
Copy to Mr. Carter, C.O.
(James Murray) 27 March, 1968
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