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In conclusion I would like to say how much I regret this last minute difficulty which has arisen, and which relates only to timing, not to the substance of the Agreement and whose cause you will agree is not of Hong Kong's making.
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I have sent a copy of this letter to Lord Goronwy-Roberts.
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Sir D Watson
Mr O'Keeffe
(Murray MacLehose)
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