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MINISTER REPLIED THAT OUR FEELING WAS THAT, BOTH IN INTERESTS OF OUR STAFF AND BECAUSE OF WIDER ISSUES INVOLVED, MAXIMUM IMPACT SHOULD BE SOUGHT AT ONCE IN ORDER TO MAKE CHINESE REALISE FULL EXTENT OF THEIR ISOLATION IN MATTERS OF THIS KIND.

5. MANJIT SINGH MADE IT CLEAR THAT IN HIS REPLIES HE WAS ONLY THINKING ALOUD AND HE ENDED BY REPEATING THAT HE WOULD ENSURE

THAT OUR APPROACH WAS URGENTLY AND SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED.

MR.TURPIN

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EASTERN DEPARTMENT

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