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Hey I have the date of the modifications?
enient the second, modifying, agreement was executed on 30th
vaa
January, 1941.
P. benest: I see in my mirate hore of 3rd February the referOTICO
to that.
That vso
the harm
if harm it be
was done; after the
five year tem had been agreed to; and also after the X.0.
decision that there was no objection to a few selected agencies
on slørt tara contracts.
You mean monopolius?
"e few authorized agencies on short term contracto".
Mere was no objection to -
To the selection of a few authorized agencias by the method of
tender, on hort term contracts. Midn't you come to the con-
clusion - you wcze present during the discussion in 3.C. - that
to each of those stipulations in that minute at least equal
forse should be attached that the authorised agencies should
be Tow, that the method of obtaining ah should be by tender,
and that the Curation of the agency should be a short term?
Yes, but I did not conceive that this aposent or any addition
to it was ande under tint allowance given go by %.C.
Did it never cocur to you that perhaps the 1.0. wight think that
your agreement ought to have been made th those safeguarda?
Fermission / do not regard as instructions,
mission to make certain artargoncnte.
Let us be gite securate,
they gave me
They told you thurt you might not do
certain things that you wished to do; but that you might, if you
desired agencies, do certain other thing@T
Having been present at the masoting in question, I know that
what the X.. had in mind was, instead of one monopoly for the
whole dolory, they would have a number of district monopolies,
an those arrangerente
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