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One problem about giving hr lienry the job is that the main source of antagonism to him is undoubtedly hr Cater, whose appointment as Chief Lecretary is there- fore a major com·licating factor. It is of course very

difficult for us here in London to form valid conclusions about the rights and wrongs of this dispute - we simply do not have sufficient evidencc. But in general, though I have the highest ve; and for ir Cater in most things, believe there is a certain lack of objectivity in his attitude to the olice tint be'is "in jugement of them suspect (the sart is, of coure, oven more true of police attitudes to 100. lost alone anong senior officers of the i, Dr Lehty stood n for hin non against the on- slaughts of 100% Ovo gretivier there attacks may have been, the lace ruins tint ab's cthods did ai

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