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YOUR TELNO 180: TIMES EDITORIAL

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PARA 2 OF TUR. THE TIMES SAY SHIFTILY THAT THE EDITORIAL WAS THE WORK OF SEVERAL HANDS. I VERY MUCH DOUBT WHETHER WE COULD ESTABLISH WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASCRIBING THE QUOTATION TO YOU, OR WHERE THEY THINK IT CAME FROM. I WOULD BE ALL FOR PUTTING THE TIMES ON THE SPOT WITH A LETTER FROM DIS.

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