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WORKING PARTY NATURALLY DID NOT EXAMINE) WOULD MILITARILY BE EVEN BETTER CMM THOUGH THE FINANCIAL PROSPECTS FOR IT ARE THAT MUCH LESS FROM NG PD THE COST OF IT WOULD COME DTWN FFRON POUNDS 39M TO POUNDS THIRTY SIX AND HALF MILLION ME ABOUT THE SAME AS OPTION B BUT WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE PATROL CRAFT AND BATTERY PD OR TO PUT ALL · THIS IN AN OTHER WAY CMM OPTIONS A AND C WOULD THEN COME WITHIN THE REALM OF MILITARY VIABILITY AND THE LATTER CMM EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THREE PATROL CRAFT CMM WOULD ONLY COST POUND 36 M

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EIGHT PD HAVE SHOWN THIS SIGNAL TO THE GOVERNOR PD HE WISHES TO RECO- RD THAT HE IS UNWILLING TO COMMENT OR OTHERWISE BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE REPRESENTED AS A GLOSS ON THE WORKING PARTY REPORT UNTIL HE HAS HAD TIME TO REFLECT ON IT AND SOUND OUT THE VIEW OF UNOFFICIALS PD OF COURSE EVERYTHING WILL REVOLVE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE REPORT WHICH MUST REMAIN THE AUTHORATIVE DOCUMENT PQ HAVE MERELY OFFERED MY COMMENTS TO HELP COS OWN REFLECTION OF THE REPORT

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