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8. I attach a draft telegram. The Departmental Legal Adviser

and the Overseas Police Adviser concurs.

Steink

1 February 1978

J A B Stewart

Hong Kong and General Department

cc:

PS/PUS

Mr Cortazzi

Mr Stratton or

Legal Advisers

OPA

News Dept

PUSD

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ccordance

with the I of S.'s requirement

(copy of minute, in med:utet below) the Legal Adviser has

agree

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with the Department's recommendation, which embraces the legal advice.

have slightly recast

However I

the telegram to make in clans to

Sir M. Maclebose that it

matter to defen девя

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this country.

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officers will not only

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