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Strictly
PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM BURNS, AUSS
YOUR TELNO 778
IMMEDIATE
1. Many thanks for your tur. You are quite right.
to keep you abreast of the general plan of campaign.
think the general strategy has changed.
We do need
I do not
2. But you have asked for a better picture of the battle, and I
have naturally read it also in connection with the crie de coeur
to John Coles in your telno 761. These are all issues which you
and he will want to discuss when you see each other next week.
They may also be issues which, if you agree, we could touch on
at the end of the month.
3. Meanwhile in MIFT I have tried to give you a picture of the
scene here in London in a way which could be a basis for your
talk with John Coles and which you could share with your
most senior colleagues. John Coles will want to give you his
own gloss on all this and perhaps some additional colour. As I
hope will have been clear from my telno 465, we are very
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