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PERSONAL FOR HUM
FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 1359: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT: MEETING WITH EXCO
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1 I AM SORRY THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS BEEN ALARMED BY MY TELEGRAMS ON HIS MEETING WITH EXCO ON 30 MAY. THE PURPOSE OF THESE WAS SIMPLY TO WARN HIM ABOUT THE SUBJECTS THAT WOULD BE RAISED BY THE NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS. THIS FORMAT IS IN FACT STANDARD PRACTICE FOR MEETINS BETWEEN EXCO AND FCO MINISTERS. EVEN THOUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY NOT HAVE REALISED IT, HIS PREVIOUS MEETINGS WITH EXCO WERE INDEED PREPARED IN ADVANCE IN THIS WAY. BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT PROCEEDINGS WILL BE SCRIPTED AND STAGE-MANAGED, NOR THAT THERE WILL BE NO SPONTANEITY IN DISCUSSION. IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE QUITE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO REPLY AND SPEAK AS COMES NATURALLY RATHER THAN FROM A WRITTEN TEXT.
2. I WOULD OF COURSE BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS WITH THE SECRETARY
OF STATE AFTER HIS ARRIVAL.
WILSON
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