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I think the refly should be quite commital & have suggested in

Omission, These

offortunity,

may easily com

se a long

when we can secust a

term extension of the lease in retum for a case payment. Alalder

17.8.38

apee that, pending the departmental

discussion the less said to

the better

the

the foamor fovernor

Mlowell

18

Mr. Cowell.

I thought it was best for me to send an

acknowledgment of Sir Geoffry Northcote's letter in

copy of my letter attached.

20. No.19:

I see that when writing to other Departments

in Nos. 11-14, the Treasury were not invited to take

part in the discussion. It seems to be essential

that the Treasury should be brought in from the outset,

and the fact that in Mr. Gent's draft above No.19 the

Treasury are mentioned, suggests that it was merely an

oversight that no letter was sent to that Department

when we wrote to the Foreign Office and Service Depts.

Perhaps