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TO INTERVENE EFFECTIVELY IN SUCH A CASE BY DRAWING ON CUR

EXIGUOUS STOCK OF CREDIT IN WHAT I FEAR WOULD BE A HOPELESS

CAUSE.

4. IN ANY CASE THERE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE NO PUBLICITY. HOWEVER

THEY MIGHT TAKE A DEMARCHE IN CONFIDENCE THE ALGERIANS WOULD

REGARD PUBLICITY AS DESIGNED IN SOME WAY WHICH THEY MIGHT WELL

BE UNABLE TO DESCRIBE AS INTENDED TO FORCE THEIR HAND - WHICH

THEY RESENT ABOVE EVERYTHING.

MR LE QUESNE

DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION

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C.O.

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WESTERN DEPT.

NORTHERN DEPT.

EASTERN DEPT.

N.E.A.D.

W.C.A.D.

S.E.A.D.

RESEARCH DEPT.

C.O.

S.A.D.

E.A.D.

Z.M. & S.A.D.

DSAO.

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