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TO REVIEW ACTION IN COURSE OR PROPOSED BY CP. HE WILL THEN
GIVE EARLY ADVICE REPEAT ADVICE ON WHAT SHOULD PROCEED, WHAT
BE ADDED AND WHAT HELD PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS.
9.
WOODS EMPHASISED THAT ALL HIS TEAM CAN DO IS TO
BRING TO BEAR THE BEST EXPERIENCE IN THE UK, AND THAT IT WOULD
THEREFORE HAVE TO WORK WITH A TEAM PRODUCED BY SLEVIN.
THIS
IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT, THOUGH THE LATTER WILL NEED EXCEPTIONALLY
CAREFUL SELECTION, AND THE TEAM'S REPORTS WILL BE ON THEIR
OWN RESPONSIBILITY.
10.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EXERCISE, AND POSSIBLY
ALSO BEFORE HIS FIRST RETURN TO THE UK, CRANE WILL BE REQUIRED
TO PRODUCE A REPORT, BUT I AM ANXIOUS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO
COMMITMENT TO PUBLISH, THOUGH IT COULD BE SHOWN TO EXCO AND
CONCEIVABLY UMELCO, PROVIDED SECRECY CAN BE MAINTAINED.
THIS WILL BE A SUBJECT OF INITIAL PRESS INTEREST, PLEASE
CONSIDER HOW IT SHOULD BE HANDLED.
11.
AS
WOODS ADVICE WAS THAT THE PACKAGE NOW PROPOSED WAS THE
BEST HE AND MARK COULD THINK OF. BUT IF IT DID NOT WORK OUT,
OR IF PROBLEMS EMERGED, IT COULD BE CHANGED. HE WAS ANXIOUS
TO HELP IN ANY WAY HE COULD.
12.
I AGREED THAT ON POLICE TO POLICE MATTERS SLEVIN SHOULD
FEEL FREE TO TALK DIRECTLY TO WOODS DURING THE STUDY AS THIS
CHANNEL MAY MAKE IT EASIER TO SORT OUT ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS
WITH THE TEAM. MATTERS OF POLICY AND PRINCIPLE SHOULD OF
COURSE BE FIRST REFERRED TO ME.
13.
I HAVE MARKED THIS TELEGRAM TO YOU ONLY. BUT I SHOULD
LIKE COPIES TO BE SHOWN TO CP AND THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND THE
MEETING ON 31 DECEMBER, AND PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION SHOULD
BE GIVEN TO ITS CONTENTS MEANWHILE. OBVIOUSLY IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO LEAKAGE.
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PLEASE TELL CP THAT I HAVE NOT TELEGRAPHED PREVIOUSLY
BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY ON 20 DECEMBER THAT FIRM PROPOSALS EMERGED,
AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WOODS HAVING A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION
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WITH HIM BY TELEPHONE DID NOT ARISE OWING TO HIS ABSENCE IN
THAILAND. IN ANY CASE THE PROPOSALS ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH
1.