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YOUR TELNO 507: CONTRIBUTORY BENEFITS SCHEME.

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2. YOUR PARA 2 SECOND SENTENCE: I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS MENTIONED

INFORMALLY BY HURST AND CORTAZZI IN APRIL, THOUGH IT DID NOT APPEAR

IN YOUR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT GREEN PAPER (YOUR TELNO 623 OF 10 AUGUST 1977), NOR I THINK HAS ANYTHING BEEN SAID FORMALLY. NATURALLY WE WILL CONSIDER YOUR VIEWS BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PRINCIPLE EITHER WAY, I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A TACTICALLY IMPRUDENT MOVE. I SENSE THAT THE PROBLEMS OF GETTING A CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME STARTED AT ALL ARE SOMEWHAT UNDERRATED,

WHILE I AM ANXIOUS TO GET THIS STARTED, I AM CONCERNED LEST WELL-INTENTIONED ADDITIONS TO THE GREEN PAPER SCHEME RESULT IN THE

PROPOSAL BEING REJECTED IN ITS ENTIRETY.

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