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find it unconfortable to have to stick by Creech Jones, and I suspect will still look to us to save them from that discomfort (even if not the fist time romed, they will almost certainly want to when they fave seen the reaction fist time). In such a situation, the sort of arguments put forward in the paper are not going to count for verz Munch.

2. 9. do not therefore see any advantage in submitting the paper as such. But we can file a distil from it a clear enough idea of Governors views on two of the policy options outlined - para 8 of my submission infortunately it does not cover the middle option, of inviting local governments to introduce abolition themselves - but I onggest we should not hold up action to while we consult governors yet again.

3. 9 am slightly concerned that if they accept Is Cortazzi's verz reasonable sounding recommendation, Ministes may not fully realize what they are letting them for, and they subsequently reproach us for

for not warning them about the storm they bring down on the's heads: the attached draft minute therefore, as well as covering the point raised by the PUS, also contains a

this.

warning on

W.. Chantill

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