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(F) BOTH GALSWORTHY AND GERSON WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH YOU. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY TIME SEE (J) BELOW:
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(G) WE HAVE FIXED A MEETING FOR YOU WITH WILKINSON AND ASPREY ON 25 JULY:
(H) NO REQUEST FOR A MEETING WITH LORD CAITHNESS HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM CONSERVATIVES ABROAD. WE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE USE OF THIS SLOT FOR THE MINISTER TO HAVE DRINKS WITH SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS. I SUGGEST RESTRICTING THIS TO SUBSTANTIVE POLICY BRANCH SECRETARIES AND ABOVE. KEEPING THE NUMBERS SMALL SHOULD ENCOURAGE A MORE OPEN DISCUSSION:
(I) IF YOU DO DECIDE TO DELAY YOUR DEPARTURE, YOU WOULD BE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN US ON THE BOAT TRIP ON SATURDAY, 27 JULY. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO SOUND OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INVITATION TO LYDIA DUNN'S QUIET DINNER FOR LORD CAITHNESS THAT EVENING? AND
(J) WE HAVE ARRANGED THE MEETINGS YOUR REQUESTED BUT HAVE HAD TO FIT THOSE WITH JOSEPH YAM, GALSWORTHY AND GERSON INTO THE AFTERNOON OF 26 JULY. THIS WOULD MEAN YOUR BEING ABSENT FROM MOST OF THE PRESS BRIEFINGS OR INTERVIEWS LORD CAITHNESS WILL BE GIVING. DO YOU SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM?
3. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS DESKBY 180030Z.
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