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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 1282 OF 27 DECEMBER. 1974.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 1115 OF 20 DECEMBER.
COMMEMORATIVE GOLD COINS.
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1. WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP AND ADVICE. OF THE THREE ALTERNATIVES IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 1, WE ARE INCLINED TO GO FOR (B), ASSUMING THAT IT COULD BE ACHIEVED WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT. THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU SEE ANY OBJECTION, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PROCEED ON
THIS BASIS.
2. 1 CONFIRM THAT IT IS OUR WISH TO MAKE THE NEW COIN LEGAL TENDER
FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT.
3. NOTE THAT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD
DURING THE LATTER HALF OF JANUARY, BUT ACCORDING TO THE ROYAL MINT,
AN ORDER FOR THE NEW COINS ACTUALLY REQUIRED IN HONG KONG IN MAY
MUST BE PLACED VERY EARLY IN JANUARY. THIS MEANS THAT IN THE UNLIKELY BUT THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE EVENT OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL NOT APPROVING THE PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT, WE WOULD HAVE INCURRED NUGATORY EXPENSES. DO YOU SEE ANY WAY IN WHICH THIS RISK COULD
BE AVOIDED PLEASE?
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FRD
LEGAL ADVISERS
STR D WATSON
MR MALE
MR MARSHALL
SIR D MAITLAND
COPIES TO: MRSR A CURRELL TREASURY MR CORNELL ROYAL MINT
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