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London and China, and the Chartered Stank of Australia India and China. In making the first overtures on the subject to some of my colleagues I

that calling

a

the matter would

could see at once meeting to discus be out of question; therefore the only course open before me to fulfil

fulfil the views of Your Excellency was to circulate the Report amongst the Stank Managers individually; which

I did, urging

to

freserve

so as

then

necessary recommendations

the confidential

character of the communication. I

had a fromise from every one of my

colleagues

that the drenment would

not be allowed to leave their hands

nor it's contents revealed to outsiders-

very

much

annoyed

as

I was, however, in reading the leader in the Dail Srep issue of Friday morning thought it might erente suspicion in your Excellence's mind as to whether some indiscretion had not been committed while the Resort was unavoidable out of my hand; although I have since received from the Face Cersons who succepircly

got it in their custody (from Monday to Friday), the most

positive purances that such is

not the

Case.

I enclose for your Excellency ferusal the notes received from