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TELEGRAM NUMBER 889 OF 29 JUNE 1983
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2. THE REASON WHY I MAY BE PRESSED BY UNOFFICIALS IS THAT THEY ARE VERY SORE ABOUT THE LEAK. THEY THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERPRETED AS REFLECTING ON THEIR REPUTATION FOR MAINTAINING SECRECY. THEY HAVE THEMSELVES BEEN TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE SOURCE AND ONCE THEY LEARN FROM MARY LEE THAT DEREK DAVIES BROUGHT THE STORY BACK FROM LONDON THEY WILL NATURALLY THINK OF THE FOREIGN OFFICE SINCE PRESUMABLY NO-ONE ELSE IN LONDON (OTHER THAN NO. 10) KNEW OF THE PLAN. MY AIM WAS THEREFORE TO GET INTO A POSITION WHERE I CAN IF NECESSARY NAIL THE HARE OF A FOREIGN OFFICE LEAK BEFORE IT STARTS RUNNING.
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