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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 773 OF 17 JULY, 1973
YOUR TELEGRAM 693.
STERLING GUARANTEE AGREEMENT.
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AS PARAGRAPH 1 OF OUR DRAFT SAYS NOTHING NEW AND AS WE SHOULD
LIKE TO BE AS FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO DISSUADE
UNOFFICIALS FROM ASKING SUPPLEMENTARIES, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER
OF THE REPLY WAS ORGANISED ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
1ST PARAGRAPH: AS IN MY TELEGRAM 775.
2ND PARAGRAPH: AS IN YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, BUT WITH THE
SECOND AND THIRD SENTENCES AMENDED AND RUN TOGETHER AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE AS I HAVE JUST SAID NEGOTIATIONS HAVE NOT YET STARTED, BUT WE ARE IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND I WOULD ASK
MACLEHOSE
ORWELL DISTRIBUTION
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