The preliminary stage of these conversations, it is thought likely in well-informed circles, will be concluded to-morrow and Mr. de Valera and his colleagues will be able to return to Dublin either to-morrow evening or on Thursday.
It was well understood from the beginning that the present conversations between the two Governments were in the nature of a preliminary exploration of the outstanding questions affecting the two countries and such discussion was not expected to lead immediately to a formal agreement, Neither the United Kingdom nor Eire are entering into new commitments or being relieved of their existing commitments.
When the conversations are adjourned, however, the statements of the two countries will have been made and they will provide the basis for a more detailed study by officials in London and in Dublin.
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