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WE WILL NOT, I FEAR, BE ABLE TO LEAVE YOU IN COMPLETE
PEACE NEXT WEEK, AS I WOULD HAVE HOPED:
I THINK WE HAD BETTER MAKE OUR DRAFTS AVAILABLE TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY AND TO DAVID WILSON (IN HONG
KONG OR IN JAKARTA) AS THEY TAKE SHAPE, IN CASE THEY HAVE
COMMENTS WHICH NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL IF THAT COULD BE MENTIONED TO THEM WHEN THEY
PASS THROUGH HONG KONG.
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WHERE THE LENGTH OF THE DRAFT IS CONCERNED, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE STANDING INSTRUCTIONS ENJOIN US TO SET A TARGET, FOR THE MAIN PAPER GOING TO A CABINET COMMITTEE, OF 700 WORDS (SIC). THAT IS HONOURED IN THE BREACH MORE THAN THE OBSERVANCE, BUT I
FEAR WE WILL HAVE TO EXERCISE RATHER BRUTAL SURGERY ON THE DRAFT
IN YOUR TELNO 3408.
HOWE
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