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YOUR TELNO 4270: 1987 REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT: SURVEY OFFICE
1.
IN PARA 2 OF TUR YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR PROVISIONAL
TARGET DATE FOR SETTING UP THE SURVEY OFFICE WAS 1 MARCH 1987, ASSUMING PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER IN EARLY APRIL, AND THAT
THIS INVOLVED AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SETTING UP OF THE OFFICE NO
LATER THAN MID-FEBRUARY.
2.
SINCE IT NOW LOOKS LIKELY THAT PUBLICATION WILL BE AT THE
END OF MAY MAY WE ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE NO NEED TO ANNOUNCE
THE SETTING UP OF THE OFFICE UNTIL, SAY, MID-MARCH? WE LOOK
FORWARD TO DISCUSSING WITH THE ACTING GOVERNOR NEXT WEEK HOW
THIS ASPECT SHOULD BE FITTED INTO OUR GENERAL STRATEGY.
HOWE
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