I think the refly should be quite commital & have suggested in
Omission, These
offortunity,
may easily com
se a long
when we can secust a
term extension of the lease in retum for a case payment. Alalder
17.8.38
apee that, pending the departmental
discussion the less said to
the better
the
the foamor fovernor
Mlowell
18
Mr. Cowell.
I thought it was best for me to send an
acknowledgment of Sir Geoffry Northcote's letter in
copy of my letter attached.
20. No.19:
I see that when writing to other Departments
in Nos. 11-14, the Treasury were not invited to take
part in the discussion. It seems to be essential
that the Treasury should be brought in from the outset,
and the fact that in Mr. Gent's draft above No.19 the
Treasury are mentioned, suggests that it was merely an
oversight that no letter was sent to that Department
when we wrote to the Foreign Office and Service Depts.
Perhaps