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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 60 9 APR 1973

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MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT: CALL ON LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS.

1. KIDD HAS ASKED ME TO CONFIRM TO YOU THAT MRS ELLIOTT HAS ASKED TO CALL ON LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS LATER THIS MONTH. SHE WROTE TO LORD CORONWY-ROBERTS ENCLOSING A NOTE ON METHODS TO ATTAIN ELECTED

REPRESENTATION, AND SHE WISHES TO PURSUE HER PROPOSAL OF A REFERENDUM,

2. LORD CORONWY-ROBERTS TOLD MRS ELLIOTT WHEN HE WAS IN HONG KONG THAT HE WOULD BE PLEASED TO SEE HER WHILE SHE WAS IN LONDON, I HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT HE SEE HER ON (SAY) 23 APRIL.

3. WE SHALL INFORM THE COVERNOR, WHO WILL NO DOUBT AGREE WITH THE

RECOMMENDATION WE INTEND TO MAKE THAT LORD CORONWY-ROBERTS'S

DISCUSSION WITH MRS ELLIOTT SHOULD BE NON COMMITTAL.

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