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aJgerroses`go aheadsorry`please let rne finish Just a inute Let re finishHang on. I haven t finishedIf I may finish this point Can I cOme to thatlater?Thats not rea"y re evant at this stage Can we leave that to another discussion?

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cra FvingThis means WhatI mean is WhatI want to say is TO explain this in more deta"s Thats not quite what I meant,Let r e putit another waySOrry` et r e exp ain,

CheckJg thatthe c` CaJo J s cfe tIs that okay?/Is that c earer now?DO you see whatI mean?ReFerrng to othe spekersAs Peter has a ready told us Im sure Mr Jirn knows about this Later we l hear a report from Ne"on.

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