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occasion be placed on record. As regards Mr. Holmes it is
almost presumption on my part to make any comment. Were he
not present as a delegate to keep the conference from going off the rails on side issues the negotiations would undoubt- edly have dragged on for several weeks longer and the risks
of a rupture would have been seriously increased.
In any
case the Final Draft Agreement would certainly not have been the work-man-like document that I dare to hope it is.
(Sgd.) M. J. BREEN.
26.11.34.