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CHRISTIAN TELEGRAM 50 OF 18 JULY
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NAT 1
LAUG 1973
HK K21/4
TO : E.C.G.D.
PERSONAL. FOR FELL FROM ASTON
164) 1.
INFORMATION IN YOUR EXCED 35 HAS BEEN PASSED ON IN TWO
SEPARATE LETTEPS DATED 14 AND 16 JULY. COPIES OF BOTH ARE
ON THE WAY TO YOU. IT WAS DONE BY LETTER BECAUSE HADDON-CAVE WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AND I HAVE NOT YET HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HIM TO GET HIS REACTION ALTHOUGH IT MAY ARISE
TOMORROW LUNCHTIME.
2. JOHN WEEDON HAS TOLD ME, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN HE BUMPED INTO HADDON-CAVE TODAY LATTER LAUNCHED STRAIGHT IN TO SAY
THAT HE TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE CONDITION (IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TELEGRAM) BEING MENTIONED AT THIS STAGE. IN HI VIEW THIS SHOULD BE A MATTER FOR THE NEGOTIATING STAGE (''ASSUMING
THE BRITISH GROUP IS STILL IN'') AND MINISTERS SHOULD NOT
HAVE TAKEN A RIGID POSITION NOW. BUT IF THAT'S THE WAY
THEY WANT TO PLAY IT THEY MUST EXPECT SOME SURPRISES'' (THE
QUOTE IS APPROXIMATE). HE TOLD WEEDON HE HAD SHOWN MY TWO
LETTERS - WHICH ARE VIRTUALLY VERBATIM YOUR TELEGRAM TO
THE GOVERNOR (''A BIT MALICIOUSLY'') WHO HAD, HE CLAIMED,
''BLOWN HIS TOP".
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