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DELAYS ARE DUE TO A DELIBERATE POLICY. THERE WERE INEVITABLY TEETHING PROBLEMS WHEN THE SCHEME STARTED. SO FAR 78 NAMES HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND THOSE SUCCESSFUL FROM THE LATEST 57 SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO UK BY THE END OF FEBRUARY: WE ARE THEREFORE HOPEFULLY BACK ON TARGET. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW THE SOURCE OF THIS SUGGESTION SO THAT WE CAN DISABUSE THOSE CONCERNED OF ANY IDEA THAT HMG IS UNWILLING TO IMPLEMENT A DECLARED POLICY LAID DOWN IN A GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED IN RESPONSE TO A

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