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I AM GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT LETTER IN TUR, WHICH COVERS THE GROUND WELL.

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I HAVE A NUMBER OF MINOR DRAFTING COMMENTS :

(A) PARA 4. IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, ''TO EVERY STAGE'' SHOULD PRESUMABLY READ ''AT EVERY STAGE''

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(F) PARA 11. IT IS FOR THE MINISTER TO DECIDE, BUT A REPETITION OF HIS REGRET IN THIS PARAGRAPH MAY SEEM A LITTLE OVEREMPHATIC. IT COULD OTHERWISE START ''IN CONCLUSION I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT

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