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TELEGRAM NUMBER 580 OF 22 JUNE
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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 384 OF 21 MAY.
UNOFFICIALS SUPPORT FOR FALKLANDS.
JUST IN CASE THE NEWS OF THIS OFFER OF MORAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT LEAKS, WE NEED TO BE READY TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
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2. MAY WE SAY THAT UNOFFICIALS DID INDEED ASK THE GOVERNOR TO CONVEY A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO H M G, WHICH WAS MUCH APPRECIATED ?.
3. IF THE LEAK REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO THE OFFER OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE MAY WE FURTHER SAY THAT THE OFFER WAS DECLINED 7. ALTHOUGH UNOFFICIALS TOOK THE INITIATIVE, THE IDEA WAS THAT THE PROPOSED CONTIBUTION OF POUNDS STERLING 20 MILLION WAS TO BE FROM PUBLIC FUNDS (1.E. VOTE PROVISION) AND, IN ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I DOUBT WHETHER IT IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW AS WELL AS YOURS. UNOFFICIALS ALSO ARE HAVING SECOND THOUGHS AND SO ARE MOST UNLIKELY TO BE PUT OUT IF THE
IDEA IS DECLINED.
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4. DEPENDING UPON ANY FURTHER QUESTIONING WE COULD DRAW
ATTENTION TO THE BENEVOLENT FUNDS REFERRED TO IN YOUR
TELEGRAM 95 OF 28 MAY TO ABIDJAN AND SUGGEST THAT INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO DONATE MONEY TO ANY OF THESE FUNDS SHOULD FORWARD THEIR DONATIONS DIRECT OR VIA HQBF.
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