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CANADIAN REACTION TO THE HIQH COMMISSION APPROACH. ASSUMINQ THAT

YOU ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE ARRIVES.

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(FOR CANBERRA): WHEN MR LUCE MET MR IAN MACPHEE, THE

AUSTRALIAN SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER, ON 30 JULY IN LONDON, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT YOU MIGHT WISH TO WARN THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

OF HMG'S DECISION ON THE SCORRI RECOMMENDATIONS IN ADVANCE OF

PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER. WE THINK THERE COULD BE

ADVANTAGE IN YOUR APPROACHING THE AUSTRALIANS IN ADVANCE OF

PUBLICATION, SAY ON 25 SEPTEMBER.

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