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4. NOW YOU SAY THE GUIDANCE NOTE WAS FOR MY OWN INFORMATION
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5. SUBSEQUENT TO RECEIPT OF YOUR TEL. NO. 264 AND SENDING WHEELER THE NOTE FOR HIS EYES ONLY, I LEARNT FROM GH THAT YOU HAD NOT IN FACT CLEARED DISTRIBUTION AS DISCUSSED.
6. IT BEING TOO LATE AND IN ANY CASE INADVISABLE TO RECLAIM THE NOTE FROM WHEELER, I STRESSED THE SENSITIVITY OF THE DOCUMENT AND RECEIVED A CATEGORIC ASSURANCE FROM HIM THAT IT WOULD GO NO FURTHER. I PASSED THIS ASSURANCE TO GH AND THE F.C.O.
7. FORGIVE ME FOR UNDERLINING THE OBVIOUS, BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF THE DISCUSSION IN HONG KONG, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, WAS THE BRIEFING OF SCORRI TO OBVIATE OFFICIAL EMBARRASSMENT AFTER, REPEAT AFTER, YOU HAD CLEARED DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFICIAL LINE WITH ALL CONCERNED AND AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
8. DO YOU WISH ME TO RETURN TO WHEELER TO UNDERLINE THE POINTS IN YOUR PARA 3? ON BALANCE I THINK NOT. TO DO SO MIGHT DRAW ATTENTION TO THE VERY ASPECTS OF THE AFFAIR WE WISH FORGOTTEN.
HOWE
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