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ripe draft a piece which Messrs Barratt and Peyton could comment I said that I thought that the FCO might well see merit in this, particularly if it seemed that otherwise all impetus would be lost

6. I should add that I insisted that what I said about the Governor's role in all this was for their own ears, and that it must not appear in any record of our meeting.

11 December 1973

D G Holland

c.c.

Mr Youde

Mr Stewart

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