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YOUR TELNO 3329 : VISIT OF MARTIN LEE
I AM GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT LETTER IN TUR, WHICH COVERS THE GROUND WELL.
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I HAVE A NUMBER OF MINOR DRAFTING COMMENTS :
(A) PARA 4. IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, ''TO EVERY STAGE'' SHOULD PRESUMABLY READ ''AT EVERY STAGE''
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(C) PARA ? LAST SENTENCE TO READ
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(D) PARA 8. DELETE ''THEIR ' IN THE LAST SENTENCE (E) PARA 10. SUGGEST DELETE. IF YOU THINK IT NECESSARY TO RETAIN SUGGEST SECOND SENTENCE STARTS ''I ASSUME YOU WILL NOT OBJECT
TO ME GIVING THE SAME PUBLICITY
(F) PARA 11. IT IS FOR THE MINISTER TO DECIDE, BUT A REPETITION OF HIS REGRET IN THIS PARAGRAPH MAY SEEM A LITTLE OVEREMPHATIC. IT COULD OTHERWISE START ''IN CONCLUSION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT IF YOU DECIDE TO COME TO LONDON AGAIN
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