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QUOTE EXCEPT WHERE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS,
AND ON THE BASIS OF WHATEVER FURTHER CONSULTATION OR ASSOCIATION
HMG MAY REQUIRE IN EACH PARTICULAR CASE, UNQUOTE.
(C)
OUR POLICY DECISIONS HAVE OFTEN TO BE TAKEN AS A MATTER OF
URGENCY, AND THE SPEED OF REACTION TO APPROACHES WE MAKE TO
THE UNITED KINGDOM ON CONSULTATIONS IS OFTEN VITAL TO OUR INTERESTS.
A REFERENCE TO THIS IN THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE USEFUL.
(0) WE THINK IT IS OF SOME IMPORTANCE THAT (POSSIBLY AT THE END
[? GRP OMITTED] OF PARA, 3 OF THE AGREEMENT) IT MIGHT/MADE CLEAR THAT THE VENUE
FOR THIRD PARTY NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE A MATTER BETWEEN HKG AND
THE THIRD PARTY.
(E)
AS REGARDS THE OMITTED PARAGRAPH REFERRED TO IN PARA. 2
OF TELEGRAM 759 WE SEE THE DIFFICULTIES LIKELY TO BE CAUSED BY THE RETENTION OF (B), BUT WE SEE ADVANTAGE IN RETAINING (A).
(F) YOU SPOKE ON THE TAPE AND TELEPHONE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN
DEFINING THE ARGUMENTS WE RAISED ABOUT QUOTE OPINION UNQUOTE.
THIS WAS INTENDED TO REFER TO ANY CONFLICT OF OPINION AS TO WHAT
WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF HONG KONG, WE SUGGEST THE INSERTION
AT A SUITABLE PLACE (PERHAPS THE END OF PARA, 5) OF:
QUOTE WHERE THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON WHERE THE BEST INTERESTS OF
HONG KONG LIE, THE VIEW OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL NORMALLY
BE ACCEPTED. UNQUOTE YOU KNOW OF COURSE THAT THIS IS ONE MATTER
ON WHICH THE SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF OUR UNOFFICIALS ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
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