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reasonable to us, although we must tread a little carefully on this vis-a-vis the Americans in order not to run up against their strong desire, on general policy grounds, to build up and maintain all round the world the habit of not treating nuclear ships as though they were some especially dangerous and different category from ordinary vessels.

c.c. Hong Kong

Polad Singapore.

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Yours

Low and.

(E.E. TOLKINS )

P.8. We have just received Hong Kong tel. No. 883 which raises some further matters of detail. I think these are consonant with the points of principle in this letter. I am therefore sending this, but if we have any comment on tel. No. 883 we will let you know.

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