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TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO BTC 160 OF 10 DCEMBER/INFO DTI (FOR MISS LACKEY (CRE2)).
FROM ASTON (BTC).
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1254 TO GOVERNOR.
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P.M.'S VISIT SPEECHES.
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MATERIAL FOR PRE LUNCH SPEECH FOLLOWS BY AIR MAIL, CONFIRMATORY COPY BY BAG EX HONG KONG 11 DECEMBER, TO STUART (HKIOD), FINLAYSON (EPD) AND MISS LACKEY (DTI).
IT IS IN FORM OF A ROUGH DRAFT IN HOPE THIS WILL SIMPLIFY FINAL COMPOSITION. AT PRESENT IT IS ABOUT 8 MINUTES WORTH BUT SOME OF IT MAY BE MORE RELEVANT TO THE MAJOR SPEECH AND IS OFFERED FOR QUOTE TRAWL UNQUOTE PURPOSES.
SINCE FIGURES WILL NEED TO BE AS UP TO DATE AS POSSIBLE DRAFT HAS A NUMBER OF BLANKS, AND SOME GUESSES, TO BE CHECKED BY DT1,
I SUGGEST WE USE UK STATISTICS AND POUND STERLING THROUGHOUT SINCE A) THE STATISTICS AVAILABLE TO DRAFTERS WILL BE MORE UP TO DATE. B) THEY AVOID COMPLICATION OF RE-EXPORTS AND C) IT WILL PROVIDE A MORE CONSTANT BASIS OF COMPARISON.
COLONIAL SECRETARIAT HAVE A COPY OF THIS TELEGRAM.
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