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¿, BEFORE WE CAN DO THIS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY FOR HOWELL
TO HAVE BEEN SEEN BY A DOCTOR, TY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PARA 2
ABOVE WE HAVE NOT INSISTED ON THIS, BUT IT IS ON THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT MORRISON WILL SEEK AUTHORITY OF C.P. METROPOLITAN FOR US TO
MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT SOON AFTER HIS RETURN, WHERE PRESUMABLY
HOWELL VILL SUBMIT TO MEDICAL EXAMINATION,
7. WE ARE ALL VERY SORRY ABOUT THE WAY THIS HAS TURNED OUT AS
HOWELL LOOKED MOST PROMISING. NEEDLESS TO SAY WE BLAME NOBODY,
AND ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE METROPOLITAN POLICE HAVE DONE AND DO TO HELP US, AND ONLY HOPE THEY WILL NOT FEEL EMBARRASSED
BY THIS UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
MACLEHOSE
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