Further I would add this. The Council, as the authority represent ing the International Settlement, has called on me for advice upon matters fundamentally affecting the of that Settlement: and special stress has been laid in their invitation on the desire of the Council to obtain such advice from someone who approaches the whole question from an independent standpoint without previous commit ment or bias, In order that status ag.an independent inquirer] aay be fully recognized, I should
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