UNCLASSIFIED
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ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND
67 PORTLAND PLACE
LONDON, WIN HAR.
3. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN MY TUR. YOU SHOULD NOT DISCOURAGE DONORS FROM SPECIFYING THE WAY IN WHICH THEY WISH THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE USED, BUT YOU SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR THAT:
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(B)
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(D)
DONATIONS INTENDED FOR FALKLAND ISLANDERS WILL
NOT REPEAT NOT BE PAID INTO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FUND. BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD SEPARATELY UNTIL IT IS DECIDED EXACTLY HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED. DONATIONS TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FUND, WHICH CAN OF COURSE BE MADE DIRECT TO THE ADDRESS GIVEN ABOVE IF DONORS WISH, WILL EVENTUALLY BE SPENT IN THE WAY MOD DECIDE WHEN NEEDS BECOME CLEARER.
IF A SPECIAL LOCAL FUND IS ENVISAGED. IT MIGHT BE THOUGHT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TO BE HANDLED BY THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION. IF ONE EXISTS.
IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR ANY LOCAL APPEALS, ON BEHALF OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE FALKLANDS OPERATIONS, TO BE ESTABLISHED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MONIES CAN BE FED IN EASILY TO ONE OF THE FUNDS ALREADY ESTABLISHED HERE.
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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
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CABINET OFFICE
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