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suitably modified, and immediately withdraw "to await a reply", This would have the advantage of meeting your point about Hsinhua and keeping the ball rolling that much longer.

I should be grateful for your comments on these ideas; but in an emergency, I might have to take action on lines suggested without waiting to hear from you.

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