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minute with

you

morning.

over the phone on Monday

2. Mr. Howells stressed the need to avoid

as

sfar as possible the sort of high-level correspondence which went on when these questions came up previously. Before there any question of disagreement with the

is

Home office

OY

political grounds,

ve

must.

establish precisely what the legal possibilities are, and this is best done at Head of Department level. Similarly,

we cannot

reasonably reply to the Governor's letter before we have the Home Office

legal position.

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