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Mr Rushford
Legal Advisers
HONG KONG: NEW TERRITORIES LEASES
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We spoke about Mr de Winton's letter of 19 July. / agreed, I attach a draft reply intended to set the record
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2. I shall need to report the Attorney-General's view, together with your advice as to what we should do now.
If I understood you correctly, this is that we should await Chinese reactions to the further approach made to them before considering how or indeed whether - to deal with the Attorney-General's objections. It would be helpful to have a form of words.
20 July 1979
R JT McLaren
Hong Kong and General Department
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