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3. MA USED PHRASE "ALL PATRIOTIC JOURNALISTS''. IN ASKING HIM TO CONFIRM OFFER MORETON REFERRED SPECIFICALLY TO ''ALL ELEVEN''. MA DID NOT CONTRADICT THIS BUT AGAIN USED HIS EARLIER PHRASE APPARENTLY READING FROM INSTRUCTIONS.

4. WE ARE ASSESSING OUR TACTICS FURTHER IN LIGHT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR EXTENT TO WHICH PUBLIC USE SHOULD BE MADE OF THE OFFER, FOR THE TIME BEING WE PROPOSE TO INFORM ONLY LONG OF REUTERS, AND POSSIBLY ALSO GREY'S FAMILY, IN STRICT

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