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4. SERIAL (R) IS A BORE, BUT IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED,

AS HE DID NOT SEE THE U.C. AT HIS LAST VISIT. MOREOVER AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE HE WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THE GREEN PAPER ON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, AND IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT TO SAY HE HAD DISCUSSED IT WITH ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL IN ADDITION TO OTHERS.

5. I CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MAJOR CIVIC RECEPTION OR MEAL AT WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT SPEAK. WE THINK THE TIME TOO SHORT, A WEEK-END UNSUITABLE, AND THAT THE REQUIREMENT WILL BE ADEQUATELY MET BY THE PRESS CONFERENCE (SERIAL ($)).

6. APART FROM A STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE THERE WOULD BE NO REQUIREMENT FOR ANY SET SPEECH.

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