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1.
Sir Murray Maclehose talked to me this morning about
preparations for the Secretary of State's visit.
2.
I told him that I thought it would be useful:-
if he could let us have a "think
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(c)
piece" despatch shortly after his
return to Hong Kong in January but
soon enough thereafter for him to
write it against the background of
his talks and impressions gained in
London rather than the background
of Hong Kong itself, addressed to
"whither Hong Kong?"
for him and Mr Youde to see first in
draft any paper that might be being
written in London about Hong Kong
so that they could comment on it.
(I hope the Department will arrange
this.)
for us then to consider, in the light
of anything he had written and we
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