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YEAR HAS BEEN VERY HEAVILY WEICHTED SO AS TO MAKE QUICK PROGRESS AND TO ASSIST PRESENTATION IN THE U.K. IT IS THERE- FORE IMPORTANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE HERE. HENCE MY PREFERENCE FOR 'THERE IS NOT VERY FAR TO GO TO YOUR WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER STILL'. HOWEVER SUGGEST WE AGREE TO COMPROMISE ON 'WE HAVE TO GO FURTHER. LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 6 READS: "YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS CONCLUDED THAT WE SHOULD SET OURSELVES THE TARGET OF ACHIEVING A LEVEL OF LEGISLATION GOVERNING SAFETY, HEALTH AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AT LEAST BROADLY EQUIVALENT TO THE BEST IN OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES WHOSE STAGE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND ARE SIMILAR TO OUR OWN, WHICH IN EFFECT MEANS OUR PRINCIPAL ASIAN COMPETITORS EXCLUDING
JAPAN''.
9. I REALI SE THE AMENDMENTS YOU PROPOSE ARE VERY SMALL BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO ME, SINCE ACTION LIES HERE I HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW ME MY OWN PRESENTATION. YOU WILL NOTE THAT I HAVE ALREADY REDUCED MY PREVIOUS COMMITMENT OF 5 YEARS TO WELL WITHIN 5 YEARS'. I SUGGEST THAT IF UK CRITICS ARE TO BE INFLUENCED AT ALL IT WILL BY BY THE PROMISE AND PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION, NOT BY PRESENTATIONAL PH RAZEOLOGY, BUT CRITICS HERE MAY TWIST PHRAZEOLOGY TO BLOCK THE
LEGISLATION,
10. YOUR PARA 2 OF TELEGRAM NO 804. I REALISE THE ADVANTAGE TO YOU OF SOMETHING LIKE THE LAST SENTENCE. BUT I CANNOT USE THE PHRAZE 'LAUNCH A NEW PROGRAMME OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT', BECAUSE WHAT IS PROPOSED IS A DEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING PROGRAMMES RATHER THAN THE LAUNCHING OF A NEW ONE, AND PEOPLE HERE KNOW THIS. THE PHRAZE WOULD THEREFORE SOUND EXAGGERATED AND PRETENTIOUS. HOWEVER I HOPE THE LAST PASSAGE OF THE SPEECH WILL GO SOME WAY TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENT. IT READS:
HON. MEMBERS, THIS FINISHES MY REVIEW OF WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS DONE, IS DOING AND PROPOSES TO DO. IT REFLECTS MY RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN CONTINUING PROSPERITY, AND NEW DETERMINATION BOTH TO MAINTAIN IT AND TO USE IT
FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS.
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