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HEK 184/1
RECEIVED BY REGISTRY NO. 51
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1
TH Stables Esq CAIR 1A
Department of Trade
1 Victoria Street London, SW1H OET
1 NOV 1978
OFFICER
Telephone ANDX335539
NO
Your reference
Our reference
REGITRY
Action Tuwen
Date 21 November 1978
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1. Further to my conversations with yourself and in your absence, Mr Bryant, I attach a draft telegram of instruct- ions to Peking.
2. Although I believe that the statements which we are prepared to make are likely to lead to a Chinese rebuff and hence to a further stalling of the negotiations, I agree that in view of the balance of commercial risk, it is right at this stage to go no further in what we are prepared to say.
3. I am content with the wording suggested in Peking telegram under reference. On balance, I think that the wording used there to describe the status of CAL meets our need and avoids the small element of risk involved in the formula in our Telno 599 to Peking. But in the light of Hong Kong comments (their Teino 1284) I am not firmly wedded to this view.
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You sincerel Roger
R E Allen
Far Eastern Department
Cc: Mr Thompson, HK & GD
Mr Northover, MAED
Mr Darwin, Legal Advisers
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