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WEEDON IS NOT TELLING HUTCHISONS UNTIL HIS H.Q. HAVE HAD TIME TO CONSIDER.
5. UNDERSTAND SIR FRED WARNER SUGGESTED KESWICK (BELIEVED TO BE SIR JOHN RATHER THAN HENRY) BE TOLD IF POSSIBLE. IN VIEW OF JAPANESE SECRECY AND OF THE RISK OF FEED BACK TO JARDINES AND VIA THEM TO OTHERS (INCLUDING HUTCHISONS AND ITALIANS) I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST THIS UNLESS SIR JOHN HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SETTING ALL OF THIS UP ON SOME STRICTLY PERSONAL OR CONFIDENTIAL BASIS WHICH PRECLUDES HIS TELLING JARDINES. SHARES THIS VIEW.
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6. FOR SAME REASONS I AM SAYING NOTHING OF ALL THIS TO ANY OF MY CONTACTS IN GOVERNMENT (INCLUDING GOVERNOR) GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD INFORM ME IF ANYONE IS TOLD VIA WHITEHALL, SO THAT I DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUT.
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