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should like such visits not to have an official character. I would
go as Governor-General of Canada, but without the trappings of officialdom.

I know that you take my view on this matter, and I think
the suggestion would come most effectively from you. If the Prime
Minister of Canada were to say that he considered the matter of some
importance that on special occasions I should be able to accept invitations
from an American University, it would carry far more weight
than if I made the suggestion myself.