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NOT TO AGREE EVEN TO EXTENSION OF EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS UNLESS THE

FACTUAL BASIS FULLY JUSTIFIES THIS. IN THE ABSENCE OF THESE ADDITIONAL FIGURES, WE CANNOT PROPERLY ADVISE ON YOUR NEGOTIATING INSTRUCTIONS IN THOSE CATEGORIES PREVIOUSLY RESTRAINED WHERE

EXTENSION IS LEGITIMATELY SOUGHT BY SWEDES. IF ADDITIONAL FIGURES

ARE AVAILABLE IN TIME WE SHOULD STILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE THEM AND

PRESUMABLY YOU WILL NOT AGREE TO CONTINUED RESTRAINT ANYWAY BEFORE

· THEY ARE PROVIDED. BUT IF FIGURES ARE SUPPLIED INCONVENIENTLY LATE

FOR US TO MAKE A USEFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR ANALYSIS, WE WILL

RELY ON YOUR JUDGEMENT FOR OUTCOME OF NEGOTIATIONS,

STEWART.

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OFFICE, LONDON]

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