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treatment at present, and that it is not specially
favourable treatment that they want but only equal
treatment.
Apart from considerations of that kind, there could I suppose be constitutional or legal difficulties in the way of any such disclaimer.
5.
On the whole, I am inclined to doubt whether this idea is a feasible one; but I think that it does deserve fairly careful investigation. One useful point would be to know
whether in fact there are serious constitutional or legal
obstacles in the way.
Copies to: Mr. Gallagher
Mr. Laird
Mr. Heath
S.R.a. Berronday
J.R.A. Bottomley
20 May, 1970
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