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11. I am not urging you to do so. That is not our
rig halking
business and you would resent it if I did. But I
think you should be aware of the potentially serious
ExCo
effect on Hong Kong's underlying interests if EXCO
the Anglo /thatian were to refuse even to negotiate on a bid for this very
just before the
important contract which the Prime Minister's is it.
technical advisers believed had already been pared
te the bone by the commercial eencerns involved
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