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propaganda purposes.
With a force on the spot
we have a less invidious choice: this force
could deal with local events without the appearance of crisis action and we should still presumably have the option of reinforcing from the United Kingdom if events required it or if we wished to make the gesture referred to at the end of your paragraph 4.
I am sending a copy of this letter to
the Commonwealth Secretary.
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(MICHAEL STEWART)