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8 OCT1975
JICK 1/6
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 1003 OF 8 OCTOBER.
FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 767: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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I HAVE RECONSIDERED IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR TELEGRAM AND HAVE DISCUSSED IN GENERAL TERMS WITH SIR M, PALLISER.
2. MY DECISION IS TO INCLUDE, BECAUSE,
(A) I NOW BELIEVE I COULD ADVANCE THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT TO
FEBRUARY/MARCH:
(B) TO COUPLE A STATEMENT TOO CLOSELY IN TIME WITH NEW APPOINT- MENTS MIGHT BE EMBARRASSING FOR THE PERSONS CONCERNED. BOTH THESE POINTS TO SOME EXTENT MEET YOU LAST SENTENCE. (C) IF CRITICISM DEVELOPS IN THE U.K. OR HERE I DO NOT WISH TO
BE DETERRED FROM DOING SO BY APPEARING TO ACT UNDER PRESSURE, SO WISH TO GET SOMETHING ON THE RECORD NOW: (D) 1 AM RELUCTANT TO SNUB DR CHUNG BY OMITTING ANY REFERENCE :
BUT ALSO HIS INTERVENTION DOES ENABLE ME TO HANG A NEW MOVE ON A PEG WHICH IS NEITHER CONNECTED WITH U.K. PRESSURE NOR ME PERSONALLY. THIS COULD HAVE ITS USE FOR ME WITH THE MORE RELUCTANT MEMBERS OF UMELC O. BUT TO EXPLOIT THIS ASPECT I MUST SPEAK NOW RATHER THAN LATER.
3. THE ONLY AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT AS IN MY TELEGRAM NO 993 WILL BE: IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE PENULTIMATE PARAGRAPH, WICH WILL READ: '*
GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH WHICH THEY COULD MAKE A
CONTRIBUTION ON ADVISORY AND OTHER COMMITTEES AND BODIES OF
GOVERNMENT''.
MACLEHOSE
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HD/HKLOD
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MALE
SIR D WATSON
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