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9. DO YOU SEE MERIT IN ATTEMPTING TO PERSUADE GEDDES TO GO STRAIGHT FOR 3(B)?. IT WOULD BE HARD TO RESIST AND COULD ASSIST IN ARGUING FOR 3(A).

10 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR APPRECIATION BY CLOSE OF PLAY TODAY LONDON TIME, AS THE UNOFFICIALS MUST ACT TOMORROW IF AT ALL. THEY WILL PROBABLY CONFINE THEMSELVES TO SENDING TELEGRAMS.

11. M IFT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE SENIOR MEMBER.

MACLEHOSE

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