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(111) IN THE DENG RECORD, WHERE HE REFERS (PARA.10) TO IT BEING BEST TO AVOID WORDING WHICH MENTIONS BRITISH ADMINISTRATION, MY OWN ROUGH NOTES HAVE HIM SAYING:
''CONTINUING BRITISH ADMINISTRATION''.
3. IN THE P AO RECORD, YOU NOTE THAT THE GOVERNOR SPECIFICALLY
REFERRED TO DENG UNDERSTANDING THE LAND LEASE PROBLEM, A POINT
WHICH LIAO DID NOT REFUTE. THIS IS ENTIRELY IN LINE WITH OUR
RECOLLECTIONS. IT WAS AN IMPORTANT POINT. IT STRIKES ME ON
RE-READING THE TELEGRAMS THAT WE SHOULD REALLY HAVE PICKED IT
OUT IN THE GENERAL REPORT OF THE CONVERSATIONS OF THAT DAY IN
PEKING TELNO.345.
4. A MINOR POINT IN THE LIAO RECORD: THE LOCAL NCNA MAN IS
WANG KUANG NOT GUANG.
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