Colonial Office, querying whether the Mauritian Ministers could make public reference to the items in paragraph 22 of the record of the Lancaster House Meeting and adding "[i]n this connection I trust further consideration promised . . . will enable categorical assurances to be given."

On 19 November 1965, the Colonial Office cabled the Governor of Mauritius as follows: U.K./U.S. defence interests;

1. There is no objection to Ministers referring to points contained in paragraph 22 of enclosure to Secret despatch No. 423 of 6 October so long as qualifications contained in paragraphs 5 and 6 of the despatch are borne in mind.

2. It may well be some time before we can give final answers regarding points (iv), (v) and (vi) of paragraph 22 and as you know we cannotthe stent is, for example, compressed to a smaller diameter over the balloon and inserted into the body together with the balloon. The balloon is expanded at the treatment site, e.g. at a lesion or a vessel valve, such that it dilates the stent. The balloon may subsequently be removed from the body. By way of example, self-expanding stents consist of a metal with memory effect. They can be compressed against their elastic force in order to be inserted into a body lumen and can be inserted into a supply catheter. They are released from the catheter at the treatment site and jump back to their expanded state.
However, the metallic stents implanted into blood vessels harbor certain risks for the patient. Inter alia, thromboses can form at the