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(which FED had cleared)

draft, to

make

it less negative.

However, FED feel unable to

this

and

have

alternative (Mr Paul's

Sanction

provided

ап

minute of 24 August, which has been cleared with Mr McLaren.)

which strikes

те

as

too

negative to

be

worth

including in

a

letter to the

as he already

Governor (especially

knows what is said in the

draft).

4. In this case

alternatives.

we have two

a) telling Info. Dept that there valid political arguments

are

по

and leaving them to draft the

letter

6) providing

unes

technical points;

a passage

on the

of the FED draft which

shows that the political

are evenly

effects

My own

do

weld

evenly balanced. preferences b) but I thank info lepit would

not the

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