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THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN

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REGISTRY Action Taken

From:

Sir John Coles

Date:

2 July 1993

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SIR PERCY CRADOCK

1.

Your minute of 29 June refers.

2.

The Cabinet Secretary will send us a note of his conversation with Sir Percy Cradock this morning, which I attended.

3.

The ball is in Sir Percy's court. He undertook to reflect on the points that had been made to him, though hinted pretty clearly that he was not minded to be moved. He did ask whether there was scope to review the position towards the end of this year. Sir Robin Butler said that we were prepared to review the position at any time. But you will wish to await the Cabinet Secretary's account which will be the authoritative version of the conversation.

4.

I minute now because in the course of the exchanges Sir Percy Cradock mentioned in passing

You will

wish to consider how far this press disclosure removes the need for Sir Percy Cradock to be asked to delete the reference on page 201 of his manuscript. But we are not yet at the point of seeking to agree amendments with him.

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Sir John Coles

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