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TO IMMEDIATE HAMILTON TELEGRAM NO PERSONAL 42 OF 9 DECEMBER 1977.
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(319) FOLLOWING FROM PUS: YOUR TELEGRAM NO 40.
1. YOU WERE QUITE RIGHT TO SET OUT THE FULL STORY, AND IT IS A DISTURBING ONE. 1 AM NOW URGENTLY CONDUCTING MY OWN INTERNAL ENQUIRY.
2. I HOPE THAT TODAY'S DEBATE GOES WELL. LIKE YOU, I THINK THAT THE STORM WILL PROBABLY BLOW ITSELF OUT, BUT I CAN WELL UNDERSTAND YOU CONCERN ABOUT ITS POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. SHALL BE IN TOUCH AGAIN NEXT WEEK WHEN MY INVESTIGATIONS HERE ARE COMPLETE.
3. WHAT A GRIM TIME YOU'VE BEEN HAVING: NO ONE PROMISED A BED OF ROSES, BUT I HONESTLY DID NOT EXPECT THIS EXCL. YOU AND FRANCES ARE MUCH IN MY THOUGHTS. KNOWING YOU AS I DO, I IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE ISLAND FOR THE . MEMENT BUT IF, WHEN LLOYD GETS BACK, YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME HOME FOR A BREAK, DO LET ME KNOW.
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SIR A DUFF
SIR I SINCLAIR MR.CORTAZZI
MR.STRATTON
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RECENT A TERARY NO. 51. 1 2 DEC 1977
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