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CONFIDENT JAL
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752
15 November 1971
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24 37 1977
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Wines wels.one tlint una et the two stitled, leaving about £30,000 out-
no dispute about the propriety of That being so, I would love.
pose fan settlement in
terms than proposed in paragraph 9 of
fermuda's next (or current, 11
1yb) is o...viously more difficult. You clearly have it in minä ta ress for full settlement as soon as possible. re of couruc Ben that settlement by instalments would be better the a. petting nothing. But I suggest that if it
JOAN 15 this your Minister might try for something better than
perhapa 3. The longer the money is onte"anding, the renter- the riex of payments being defaulted upon.
terms,
With respect, in the event of a refusal to pay
on any I onmest that your Minister reserve H ́G's position rather taen, expre o willingness to consider the acceptance of conta on PAL Toten. The reason for this suggestion is simply-test once Minister has undertaken to consider a pro- position In lie and of circumstance it is almost impossibla for the cont oration to end up en other than favourable. shoula de ubl.. g to put the mutter partially pre-empted in thia way befur paure for reflection.
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