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I DID NOT SEE, OR KNOW ABOUT, GOVERNOR'S TELEGRAM 55 TO YOU UNTIL 29
AFTER IT HAD ISSUED. PROPOSALS TO ALTER THE SATURDAY PROGRAMME AND
NOT TO REQUIRE TEXT OF SPEECH ARE THEREFORE A SURPRISE TO ME AND IN
SOME RESPECTS MAY SEEM TO CONFLICT WITH MY DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU
ON BOTH POINTS. AS AGREED WITH YOU I AM ARRANGING FOR ALL U K
BASED AND SENIOR LOCAL STAFF TO BE AT OFFICE THROUGHOUT SATURDAY
AFTERNOON TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MR WALKER ON THE OPPORTUNITITES FOR IMPROVING EXPORTS HERE (AS I MENTIONED TO YOU) AND THE ROLE OF THIS OFFICE IN THIS CONNECTION. 1 VERY MUCH HOPE
THAT THIS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AND ALSO THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORT-
UNITY FOR ME TO DISCUSS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON M T S WITH MR WALKER
BEFORE HE HAS ANY TALKS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH THE GOVERNOR AND HIS
1 OFFICIALS (WHICH I SHOULD HOPE TO ATTEND).
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2. WE MIGHT DISCUSS THE MODALITIES OF THIS ON THE WAY FROM THE
AIRPORT ON SATURDAY. WE COULD ALSO THEN DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE WITH
MR WALKER DURING HIS TALKS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AND B T C: FOR
EXAMPLE WOULD MR LEWANDO OR MR HESELTINE WISH TO ATTEND EITHER.
BUT ANY THOUGHTS IN ADVANCE WOULD BE HELPFUL.
3.AS REGARDS SPEECH TEXT, I UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNOR FELT THAT
SINCE MR WALKER CLEARLY HAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT SORT OF SPEECH ON
THE TOP OF HIS HEAD IT WOULD BE UNNECESSARY AND AN IMPOSITION TO
ASK FOR A TEXT IN ADVANCE. BUT FROM MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
INFORMATION PEOPLE I STILL THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
WITHOUT UNDULY PRESSING OR BOTHERING MR WALKER YOU COULD LET US HAVE SOME BROAD POINTS, INCLUDING A FEW QUOTES, IN ADVANCE (EVEN SATURDAY LUNCH TIME WOULD DO) PARTY AS A FAIL SAFE'' AND
PARTLY TO GIVE PRESS SOMETHING TO BE WORKING ON BOTH FOR THE SUNDAY PAPERS AND FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON SUNDAY LUNCH TIME.
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