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(E) COULD WE MAKE AVAILABLE COPIES OF YOUR DINNER SPEECHES IN

ADVANCE? HOW BRIEF DID WE THINK SPEECHES SHOULD BE? WE SAID THAT

WE SAW NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT MAKING AVAILABLE ADVANCE TEXTS.

ON LENGTH, THOMSON OFFERED AS A PERSONAL GUESS 2-3 MINUTES WITHOUT

TRANSLATION.

3. SEE MIFT.

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