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Govenment on the basis of an account might in some respects be   
interpreted as an equivalent of Lend-Lease adn that so long as that   
on continued it might not be necessary to press for Lend-Lea
 
                                                            
 
 
Before leaving it was made clear to me that the Prime Minister had   
encouraged him to talk with me and to convey an invitation to lunch with   
the Prime Minister, the Marchese Visconti Venosta, the Under-Secretary of   
State on Monday next.  I asked if Mr. Tittman might accompany me to which   
he replied in the affirmative.  Mr. Tittman was present and acted as   
          interpreter during the above interview.