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4. I AM VERY SORRY FOR SHORT NOTICE BUT THIS HAS ONLY RECENTLY
COME TO A HEAD, AND WE WERE ALSO CONSIDERING WHETHER TO GET
AN EXPERT OUT FROM U.K. IF JOHN HUNTER VISITED ANYONE IN C.S.D I WOULD LIKE IF POSSIBLE TO AVOID ANNOYING THEM BY DUPLICATING
AND VISITING THE SAME PERSON, BUT WE HAVE NO RECORD OF WHO HE .
DID SEE.
5. MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD TELEX WHEN YOU KNOW IF C.S.D VISITS
ARE ON, SO I CAN BOOK FLIGHT (HITHERTO I HAD BEEN LEAVING ON 27TH JUNE). IF THE VISITS ARE ON, PLEASE ALSO BOOK ME A HOTEL FOR 24TH TO 27TH (MY WIFE WILL NOT BE JOINING ME UNTIL 28TH, AT ANOTHER HOTEL ALREADY BOOKED). A CONVENIENT "IN" FOR YOUR APPROACH MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE FACT THAT THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF PAY GROUP, F.G. BURRETT, HAS SON HERE (JOHN) AS AN A.0. HE IS DOING WELL. ALSO ERIC WIGHTMAN WAS A CLOSE COLLEAGUE
OF HUGH ARDLEY.
5. THEY MAY WONDER WHY I RATHER THAN BROADBRIDGE WISH TO SEE THEM. THE ANSWER IS THAT HE HAS BEEN POSTED TO T.I AND C.,
DEPARTMENT, AND THAT I AM THE DEPUTY SECRETARY WHO HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR VARIOUS MATTERS INCLUDING PAY AND STRUCTURE.
MACLEHOSE
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