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IT TO YOU. WE UNDERTOOK WITHOUT COMMENT TO CONVEY IT. IN VIEW OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE ''AVA'' MIGHT SAIL ON 26 JULY (OF WHICH. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER IS CLEARLY AWARE), WE SHOULD
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