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the conditions on which they are prepared to allow
Brunt to associate himself with them. You will see
that Brunt proposes much detailed work, for which he
expects a fee between 3,000 and 5,000 guineas.
3. Crow Agents have been consulted and have also
examined Brunt's preliminary report, which he recently
made available here. This report seems very sketchy
and full of lacunae, but, assuming that Brunt's scheme
is practicable and is designed to use well tried
principles which will not need much preliminary experi-
mentation, it would seem that the complicated and
detailed planning that Brunt proposes to do is un-
necessary at this stage. Indeed, it would seem that
if Brunt in fact knows his job, he should be in a
position to "elaborate the scheme so far as is
absolutely necessary for conson. as a C.D. and W.
project" without much further work. At the same time
it is obvious that he is not willing to do so on the
terms stated in Mr. Barnett's letter to him No.23/641/50
of the 19th June, 1951.
4.
I consider that it would be of undoubted value to
proceed with a scheme for a fertilizer factory for the
cogent reasons given in the memorandum accompanying your
despatch No. 136 of the 12th December, 1950. But I am
not persuaded that the present investigation is the best
approach to determine the probable cost of the scheme.
I should be obliged if you would inform me as soon as
possible:-
(a) whether you wish to continue to employ Brunt
on fresh terms, which would seem to involve
association with Messrs. Brian Colquhoun and
Partners; or
(30) and enclosure.
(behind (22))
(behind (1))
/(b)
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