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ARE REPRESENTED AS DESIGNED TO CHIME WITH YOUR OWN PERSONAL WISHES AND ARRANGEMENTS, TO AVOID EMBARRASSMENT TO MACLEHUSE. THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY HELP AND BE SYMPATHETICALLY RECEIVED.

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YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING BY SHIP, AND THERE ARE OBVICUS ADVANTAGES IN MACLEHOSE ARRIVING BY SHIF, EVEN IF ONLY OVER THE FINAL STAGE. TO SETTLE ON PRECISE DATES WOULD YOU WISH US TO LOOK INTO ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES HERE, OR (AS I WOULD THINK) COULD THIS BE DONE BETTER, #ITHOUT EXCITING PRENATURE SPECULATION, BY MICHAEL WRIGHT IN LONDON?

SIR H.NORMAN-VALKER

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