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meaning?
at the present stage all that the Governor had asked
for was the general approval of the Secretary of
State for these proposals: the Senate had not yet
formulated its decision, and the Finance Committee had
probably not yet said its last word. Would it then
be possible at this stage to regard the scheme as final,
or was there any possibility of important modifications
being introduced as the result of local deliberations?
Mør. Sloss replied that the scheme as formulated at
present could be regarded as final. It would
therefore be possible to approach the Foreign Office
and the Treasury before the Secretary of State replies
to the Governor.
Sir Henry Moore remarked that the essential
thing was to decide whether the present is the
psychological moment for the implementation of the
Committee's proposals. Mr. Sloss said he realised
that the present was regarded as a singularly
inopportune moment in England, but that in the East it
was regarded as exactly the right time. Sir Henry Moore
asked Mr. Howe whether the Foreign Office regarded the
present time as being sufficiently favourable for them
to lend their support to the scheme, and Mr. Howe
replied that he thought they did. Sir Henry Moore
repeated that strong Foreign Office support would be:
required to influence the Treasury.
Mr. Mayhew suggested that in time Imperial
M subventions might be reduced, but Dr. Sloss thought
that such a time would be a long way off. Mr. Mayhew
then suggested that perhaps any eventual Treasury
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