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must take account of the constitutional position,
will be unwelcome and that difficult as the
present situation is it is better to proceed with-
out written rules. There remains the question
of what is to be said to the T.A.B. and quite
frankly I find it very difficult to believe that
(between;
we have any choice/either reiterating what
eleith
ad
Jordan told them, which is report in your
telegram No. 661 (paragraph 3) and producing
(seiting out the formal position
a formula/which will be even more unpopular
with them than it is with you.
5. As regards (c) it is our hope that the
strength of the Hong Kong position will be so
(possible;
off d
exposed by Jordan and the extent of damage to
Hong Kong made so clear that the conclusion will
emerge that Hong Kong must be permitted to extend
its restraint agreements at least for another
year.
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