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Part of the answer is who told you and what were his qualifications. Was it the FAA? I've been a FSDO inspector and an Air Traffic Controller and an airline pilot so here is my interpretation. Minimum manuvering speed is for the airplane in the clean configration. As a heads up to ATC I would advise them of my intention to operate at minimum manuvering speed instead of 200 kts. For most big planes 200 kts is usually very close in to min manuvering speed, depending on the weight. In real life the controllers don't seeem to care too much what the speed is as long as they get the spacing they want. On occasion at JFK airplanes are vectored to final below the Class B. I've never heard of anyone slowing to 200 kts until requested by aproach control.
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