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draft report of this kind with me before despatching it. The present report was no doubt prepared mainly by the local DEA representatives. I suppose the State Department has to satisfy the Senate's needs for country reports but I must say that I find the U.S. attitude in this matter somewhat overbearing. The other day a visiting DEA representative told a member of my staff that he thought our low-profile policy on cocaine was wrong and that we should be talking about cocaine more openly. We do not do so in order to avoid arousing curiosity. policy draw criticism from the U.S. Government in their next report? Will they penalise us if we do not co-operate and change our cocaine policy to suit them? I do not think they have any justification in putting us under that sort of pressure. I agree with you that we should proceed as in paragraph 4 of our tel. no. 1133.
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Thank you for letting me see the State Department telegram to the CG of 23 October 1986. I have not copied it, and return your copy herewith. I entirely agree with the last sentence of para. 2 of your M.1. We believe that some drug money is laundered here but to imply that the Government is in any way implicated in it is really taking things too far.
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