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3. I WOULD THEREFORE LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE TALKS YOU HAVE HERE WHILST YOU ARE BACK ON LEAVE SHOULD INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS WITH CUR FLANCIAL EXPERTS WITH A VIEW TO CONSIDERING WHETHER WE MIGHT SEND

SME TUP LAUS PEOPLE TOONG KONG IN THE AUTUMN TO EXAMINE THE

SITUATION AND TO HELP HADDON-CAVE GET O ER THIS HUMP. IT WILL NOT

E EASY TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PEOPLE. THEY WILL HAVE TO BE FIRST- LASS PROFESSIONALS DUT POLITICALLY AWARE. THIS SUGGESTS A TEAM OF MORE THAN ONE, INCLUDING PERHAPS SOMEBODY FROM THE BANK, WITH FCO STRENGTHENING FROM EITHER THE ECONOMIC OR POLITICAL DEPARTMENTS OR BOTH. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU,

4. YOU ARE COMING HERE FOR TALKS IN MID-SEPTEMBER AND IT MAY BE THAT THAT WILL BE THE BEST TIME TO COVER THESE QUESTIONS. I DO NOT WANT TO INTERRUPT YOUR HARD-EARNED SCOTTISH HOLIDAY, BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD LET THE DEPARTMENT KNOW WHETHER A SHORT VISIT AFTER 29 AUGUST WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU IF IT SEEMED DESIRABLE NEARER THE TIME. I WOULD BE AWAY FROM LONDOM MYSELF THEN, BUT IF YOU COULD SPARE THE TIME TO COME ON TO SOUTH CERNEY FOR A NIGHT TO TALK OVER THIS AND OTHER GENERAL PROBLEMS, I WOULD BE VERY GLAD.

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