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HAVE DONE ANYTHING SPECIAL IN RELATION TO GREY. EXACTLY WHAT IS SAID
ND PERHAPS THROUGH WHICH CHANNEL) WILL NEED TO BE FURTHER CONSID-
ERED AND RELATED TO THE THEN CURRENT SITUATION,
10. PARAGRAPHS 6-9 ABOVE ARE FIRST THOUGHTS ONLY, BUT MAY HELP TO CLEAR OUR GENERAL IDEAS A LITTLE BEFORE WE KNOW THE BOARD'S ACTUAL
RECOMMENDATIONS.
11. FINALLY, I MUST MAKE TWO POINTS :-
(A) WE CAN BY NO MEANS BE CERTAIN THAT THESE MANOEUVRES, EVEN IF SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED, WILL IN FACT RESULT IN GREY'S RELEASE, AND (B) MUCH CAN GO WRONG IN SUCH TRICKY PROCEEDINGS, AND WE ARE TAKING A CONSIDERABLE RISK OF AN EMBARRASSING MUDDLE RESULTING.
12. I WILL NOW START TO PUT THIS OPERATION INTO MOTION. FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO PEKING.
PEKING.
SIR D.TRENCH
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STR A.GALSWORTHY
SIR J.JOHNSTON
MR. MORETON.
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