"While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation."

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"While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation."

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"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

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"While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation."