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storage; that this year's recruitment should be covered by our present establishment in the way I have suggested: and that we should later this year address you a despatch informing you how many new officers we shall require in 1949, and if that request is going to involve an increase (as I think it will, of two) in our approved establishment, we should put up an ad hoc case for that increase, drafted with a view to making it easier for you to approach the Treasury. Will you let me know whether you agree?
Yours sincerely,
Hutal.