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MY SECOND IPT: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES:
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
1.
FOLLOWS:
A)
OUR COMMENTS ON YOUR TELNO 2488 (CHIEF EXECUTIVE) ARE AS
WE HAVE NO DIFFICULTY WITH EXCO'S GENERAL POINT A) IN
YOUR TELNO 2606, PROVIDED YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN
SATISFACTORILY DISTINGUISH IN THE PAPER BETWEEN YOUR (I)
AND (II).
B)
IN PARA 1 FIRST SENTENCE QUOTE SELECTION UNQUOTE SHOULD
OF COURSE BE QUOTE SELECTED UNQUOTE.
C)
IN PARA 2 WE SUGGEST ADDITION AFTER C) OF A REFERENCE TO
THE PAPER HANDED OVER IN DECEMBER 1986.
D)
WE SUGGEST THAT PARA 3 NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO CONSIDER
IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
OF THE THREE OPTIONS. WE AGREE THAT IT SHOULD ULTIMATELY
POINT TO THE CONCLUSION THAT OPTION (C) WOULD BE
PREFERABLE (OUT FOR OUR PART WE SHALL WISH TO
BRING CLEARLY TO THE NOTICE OF MINISTERS THE IMPLICATIONS
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