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YOUR TELNO 42 : REPLY TO MARTIN LEE
1. AS YET THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT MARTIN LEE WILL HIMSELF MAKE PUBLIC LORD GLENARTHUR'S REPLY.
THAT THE
2. SINCE LEE ARRANGED FOR HIS ORIGINAL LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS IT SEEMS ONLY RIGHT REPLY SHOULD ALSO BE MADE PUBLIC. OTHERWISE NO RESPONSE TO HIS CRITICISMS IS ON PUBLIC RECORD AND HE IS FREE TO MAKE SELECTIVE USE OF WHAT THE MINISTER SAID.
3. SINCE THE LETTER WAS SENT BY FAX MARTIN LEE HAS PRESUMABLY RECEIVED IT ALREADY. I RECOMMEND THEREFORE THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TEXT TO BE MADE PUBLIC IN LONDON BEFORE THE WEEKEND. YOU MIGHT WISH TO DRAW THE TEXT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE LONDON CORRESPONDANT OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST WHICH PUBLISHED
THE ORIGINAL LETTER.
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