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5th

July.

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You hand e to me this morning a letter which you had not : nt Gated 29th Jun e) and a draft letter for ._ e ;,inister to send to Cabinet collE' role for the Panifeste. You

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to

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in

fact, it u of mi s ter to send a colleagues, but that it would

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have

business

a

word

about

this

after

is over.

The Prime :'Minister would like you and Geoffrey to submit to her your joint recommendations for the tr, -te.-.-ds o _ ..,t' e i en v e a.n u=s Membership :.:e.mb ers for the Groups concerned. Could this

you

please and

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I wonder whether the Prime letter to Cabinet colleagues the enclosed draft. Geoffrey

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Education

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Transport

Industries

Thomas

Marshall Neubert

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