[gaspar]

McIllwain, the Political Officer in Peshawar, would have had to prepare a memorandum of conversation for the Pakistan political officer John R. Schmidt and through him to Ambassador William B. Milam. The subject was too important for a memorandum of the conversation to be sent by cable to Washington, where it would be read by a host of people. Its interesting that the journalist did not bother to explain what Gregory Marchese was up to these days or who he worked for.

[gaspar]

Sorry, written in haste. It should have read the memorandum was so important that a memorandum of conversation simply had to be sent to Washington, where it would have been read by a host of people.