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4. MR LEE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE LOCAL AGENTS IN TAIWAN COULD BE INFORMED OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT HE PARTICULARLY ASKED THAT THERE. SHOULD BE NO REPEAT NO MENTION OF KOREAN INTERVENTION. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE OWNERS MIGHT MERELY TELL THE AGENTS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED AN INDICATION THAT THE TAIWANESE MIGHT BE PREPARED TO RECONSIDER THEIR DECISION.
5. I OFFERED MR LEE OUR WARM THANKS FOR THE SPEEDY AND EFFECTIVE
ACTION WHICH HIS GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN AND SAID THAT I WOULD BE
GRATEFUL IF THEY WOULD PASS ON ANY FURTHER INFORMATION TO US.
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