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TELEGRAM NUMBER INDUS. 152 OF 2 MG 868

PERSONAL FOR MANZIE

YOUR INDUS 220

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NO. 51

RIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE NEWS OF PROGRESS MADE DURING KADOORIS'S

VISIT. HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH STONES SUGGEST THAT HE

WAS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION.

2. 1 WELCOME CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WITH SUPPORT FROM BENJAMIN, HAVELOCK AND BROWN, WILL HAVE DIRECTION OF TOTAL UK IMPUT. THIS HAS REASSURED STONES WHO WAS CONCERNED THAT HE MIGHT BEGIN TO RECEIVE CONFLICTING ADVICE FROM OTHER PARTIES IN THE UK (PARTICULARLY MARSHALL) WHO MIGHT SEEK TO BOLSTER THEIR ROLE AND IMPORTANCE. WE BOTH HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ME EXCEPT WHEN EITHER YOU OR STONES CONSIDER THAT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE DIRECT CONTACT. IN RETURN STONES WILL REGARD ME AS THE SOURCE OF CUIDANCE ON THE UK'S GENERAL POLICY AND WILL CHECK WITH ME IF HE FEELS THAT CLP MAY BE RECEIVING DISCORDANT NOISES FROM OTHER UK SOURCES. THIS

HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE ADOPTED IN RESPECT OF THE A STATION. IT

PROVED IMPORTANT WHENEVER CERTAIN UK ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, WHO PERHAPS THOUGHT THEY MERITED GREATER INVOLVEMENT, SOUGHT TO BYPASS THE DOI BY DIRECT APPROACHES TO

KADCORIE AND OTHERS IN CLP

3. YOUR TALKS WITH KADOORIE SEEMS TO HAVE HELPED CLEAR THE AIR AND

SET THE SCENE FOR THE INJECTION OF DIRECT HMG REPRESENTATION

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. I THINK THAT AT SOME STAGE IT WOULD

BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD TELEPHONE STONES TO REASSURE HIM THAT YOU AND THE DO! ARE RUNNING THE END, THAT YOU ACCEPT HIS LEAD POSITION ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THAT YOU APE AT HIS SERVICE THROUGH ME (OR DIRECT IF NECESSARY) AT ANY TIME

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