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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELEGRAM NUMBER PERSONAL 54 OF 15 DECEMBER 1977.
YOUR TELNO PERSONAL 46: DEATH SENTENCES.
1.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE STATEMENT IN MY TELEGRAM NO 220 QUOTE CONFLICTS UNQUOTE WITH YOUR LEGAL ADVICE. THE POINT WAS, I AM TOLD, DISCUSSED AT A MEETING HELD BY THE P.U.S. ON 12 DECEMBER.
2. I AM RELIEVED TO LEARN TODAY THAT THE QUESTION WAS NOT RAISED IN THE ADJOURNMENT DEDATE YESTERDAY. HAD IT FEEY RAISED, AND THE REPLY GIVEN IN THE FORM QUOTED IN YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, MY POSITION COULD, ONCE AGAIN, HAVE BEEN RENDERED INTOLERABLE HERE, JUST AT THE TIME WHEN I AM TRYING TO RE-ESTABLISH A POSITION FOR MYSELF WHERE I CAN BRING THE PARTIES TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING
CONSTRUCTIVE.
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