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4. MUCH OF THE INTELLIGENCE WE COLLECT ABOUT MIDDLEMENT
AND SYNDICATES IS INEVITABLY VAGUE AND FRAGMENTARY AND SOME
OF IT IS FROM DELICATE SOURCES. THERE WOULD BE LITTLE PURPOSE
IN PASSING ON INFORMATION WHERE THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A SINGAPORE CONNECTION. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE WOULD RELAY THROUGH APPROPRIATE CHANNELS ANYTHING WE CAME ACROSS IF THERE WAS
ANY LIKELIHOOD THAT SINGAPORE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OR MIGHT WISH TO USE THE INFORMATION TO TAKE THEIR OWN ACTION.
5. I DO NOT THEREFORE FAVOUR RAISING THIS WITH MR LEE BUT IF IS MENTIONED, I RECOMMEND THAT APPRECIATION BE XPRESSED FOR THE HELP GIVEN IN THE PAST AND HOPE EXPRESSED THAT IF WE NEED SIMILAR HELP IN FUTURE IT WILL BE FORTHCOMING. BUT I SEE NO MERIT IN SETTING-UP MACHINERY ADDITIONAL TO THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS.
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