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contingency planning", the details of which we

did not disclose, as a means of playing down or

explaining away the story. There is no contingeney

planning for evacuation from dependent territories,

for all of whose inhabitants we are responsible,

and this would be taken as confirmation.

4. We feel therefore the story would have to be

denied, and I enclose, in the form of a draft note

for Press Officers, our suggestions as to how this

might best be done. I would be very grateful for

any comments you or Ned Dunnett may have.

Apart from the risk that this would

simply be taken as

confirination,

which

is what we think would happen, it has

to be remembered that there is

по

contingency planning for evacuation

how dependent temitories. This is because our responsibility for those temitories is complete & all-embracing

it is not

limited simply to expatriates from the U.R.

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relationship with

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relationship with,

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Easter Nijiin is fairly

widely appreciated, certainly amongst

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