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to hral with normal peace-time questions. Nevertheless they ought to be able to find time to turn upan expert or two, which is all that is

ranted & I favour asking them to do so (do. to Sir Julian Foley).

Nuubeless I am

a litth apprehen-

-sive of the result, since the best experts me

maz

well

be

engaged on

national service, & a second-ratur

на

might do more harm than good.

I think

are

ought to put that

point specificly

to Sir J. Foley, asking

whither his nominees

are

Good

سالسهم

that it we be better to send them

now than to wait for someone better after the war.

The fr. AS. can be asked to produce the "competent harbour engineer"," but

I shd husitate to ask them to

advise

on the administrative expert. I she not approach the d. L.A.. Z am far from being convinced that they the repositaries of all wisdom on bis subject. Ship

ect. Ship owners regard.

are the

the Port of London as

are almost

grossly expensive,

curtainly right.

G.L.M.

5/1/00

Let us at any rate begin

by writing to fin J. Foley

M.ps.

et

حوا

consin ref" to Cagli,

when

we have his reply.

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