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CYPHER CAT A
AND BY BAG
HKSD
Hika 025/4
FM FCO 161522Z
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TO ROUTINE DEVDIV BARBADOS TELNO 245 OF 16 DECEMBER
AND TO TORTOLA (PERSONAL), GRAND TURK (PERSONAL), DELMOPAN (PERSONAL), GRAND CAYMAN (PERSONAL), MONTSERRAT (PERSONAL), ANGUILLA (PERSONAL).
INFO SAVING CASTRIES.
GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE.
YOUR TELMO 356.
1. WE HAD ASSUMED THAT THE NEXT CONFERENCE WOULD NOT TAKE
PLACE UNTIL AUTUMN 1978. THERE ARE CONFLICTING ARGUMENTS FOR
AND AGAINST AN EARLIER MEETING WHICH WE NEED TO BALANCE.
2. IT WOULD CLEARLY DE VERY VALUABLE FOR GREATBATCH TO TAKE
PART. IT WOULD BE EQUALLY USEFUL FOR HIS SUCCESSOR TO ATTEND
AFTER BEING IN POST FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE SAME GOES FOR
THE HEAD OF WIND. THERE ARE SO FAR NO PLANS TO MOVE DUFF ALTHOUGH THIS IS LIKELY WITHIN 6 MONTHS.
3. CONSTANT PRE-OCCUPATION WITH A SERIES OF IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS
HAS PREVENTED OUR CONSIDERING PROPERLY THE CASE PUT FORWARD IN
BARBADOS IN FEBRUARY FOR A MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE DEPEND-
ENCIES TO ACCEPT INDEPENDENCE, HOR HAS OUR THINKING ON MOST OF
THE OTHER ISSUES DISCUSSED LADE MUCH PROGRESS.
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