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I WANT YOU TO KNOW, AS YOU TUKN OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNME NT OF DENMARK TO YOUR SUCCESSOR' OF MY APPRECIATION FOR THE YEARS OF CLOSE COOPERATION 
ANO MUTUAL UNDERSTANDIN~ THAT WE yAVE E~JOYEDQ 
"I AM GLAD TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH 
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YOU  AS  A NATO  ALLY 1  AS  THE  LE ADER  OF  A PEOPLE  WHO  SHARE  WI TH  
MY  1OW N COUNTRYMEN  THE  SAHE  GOALS  OF  INDiVIDUAL  LI BERTY 1  AND  AS  
A TRUSTED -FRIEND  AND  COLLEAGUE •  
"MRS·  JOHNSON  JOINS  ME  IN  EXTEND I NG  TO  you  AND  MRS c  

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