HE Sir Murray MacLehose
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see if we can overcome the difficulties and I hope to be able to speak to you again about this when I arrive. We had a most useful series of discussions on it with Alan Scott when he called last week.
9. I must, of course, emphasize that the ideas set out above are preliminary ones but Lord Goronwy-Roberts, who has been consulted informally, has indicated his general agreement with the lines on which we are thinking. We do, however, want to take as full account as possible of your views and shall not firm anything up until I have discussed them with you. We are, of course, conscious of the need to avoid too ponderous and inflexible a system.
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Mr Popplewell (FED)
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