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CYPHER CAT/A

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10 dol

TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 1240 OF 12 DECEMBER.

YOUR TELNO 1088.

FOR STUART FROM MACLEHOSE.

PEIVED IN

REGISTRY No.52

12 DEC 1974

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MANY THANKS. YOUR LETTER NOT YET RECEIVED BUT PROGRAMME LOOKS FINE. I HOPE MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS WILL NOT BE TOO LONG,

BUT AM IN THE MINISTER'S HANDS.

2. YOUR PARA 2. WOULD GLADLY SEE HIM FOR OFF-THE-RECORD TALK.

3. LORD GEORGE-BROWN HAS SUGGESTED A MEETING AND FEEL I SHOULD FIT THIS IN IF POSSIBLE. I HAVE SUGGESTED 6 P.M. ON EITHER 18TH OR 19TH AT ATHENAEUM OR PLACE CONVENIENT TO HIM AND EXPLAINED YOU ARE CO-ORDINATING, HIS HOME TELEPHONE IS: 629.5956.

4. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE 15 MINUTES WITH BILL RODGERS

AT M.O.D.?

5. REFERENCE MEETING WITH LEYLAND: I HOPE THE BUS ISSUE HAS NOT BECOME EXAGGERATED. I UNDERTOOK TO EX CO (ONLY AS A TACTICAL MOVE) TO DISCOVER HOW MUCH IMPORTANCE H.M.G. ATTACHED TO THE RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE IN THE HONG KONG LEGISLATION SINCE IT IS SCARCELY A PRESENTATIONAL PLUS AND SINCE LEGISLATION MUST BE REVISED IN ANY CASE FOR THE NEW FRANCHISES. THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY OF THE BUSES (E.G. LEYLAND) IS NOT AT ISSUE SO LONG AS THEY DELIVER WHICH THEY SAY THEN CAN.

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