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CONFIDENTIAL

for a change. So I hope you will agree to say that the Welsh-language channel will operate for a trial period of limited duration after which the Government will find some effective means of testing Welsh opinion to establish whether the majority would prefer more limited time-compatible Welsh programmes on the lines we had proposed earlier.

I am sending a copy of this letter to the Prime Minister.

GEOFFREY HOWE