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Your telegram No. 90.

We have now seen Jones's record of your

official discussions with Ernst on 26 January.

We agree with all the points which were

put to Ernst and have nothing to add.

2.

We would like to give further thought.

to the suggestion you make in your para. 3.

You will apreciate that we do not wish to do

de anything to prejudice useful contact

with Ernst particularly when there must remain

some doubt whether he has delibrately mis-

represented you or genuinely misunderstood.

You may wish to consider whether the (possible

cecnation of Ernst's visit to you after Toyko

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might not be suitable to put the record straight.

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3. In the meantime subject to your advice

we are not asking Brussels to take any further

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action. Para 4 of Brussels telegram No. 22 refers.

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