FINALLY, ON TACTICS, FÜR ALL HIS APPARENT GOODWILL, DID NOT GET THE IMPRESSION THAT DONG WAS A HONG KONG EXPERT. IF WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REACH SOME ACCOMMODATION ON THE HONG KONG POINTS BEFORE GETTING DOWN TO TECHNICAL ISSUES, IT WILL PROBABLY BE WISE TO INVOLVE THE MFA. OUR INITIAL APPROACH TO THEM WOULD PRESUMABLY NEED TO BE:
(A) AN EXPLANATION OF WHY HONG KONG NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED AND THE DIFFICULTY OF EXCLUDING IT SEMI COLON
(B) AN ASSURANCE THAT WE WERE NOT SEEKING TO PREJUDICE POSITIONS ON THE STATUS OF HONG KONG.
PRESENT
AN ASSERTION THAT THE PRESENT TEXT SQUARED THE CIRCLE OF A) AND (B), WITH AN OFFER, IN ROUND 2, OF A NO PREJUDICE UNDERSTANDING.
BUT WE CAN DECIDE ALL THIS IN THE LIGHT OF THE AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS.
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THE ABOVE WAS DRAFTED BEFORE WE RECEIVED FCO TELNO 272 WHICH, I THINK, REINFORCES PARA 7.
9. MAED REGISTRY PLEASE PASS TO SAMUEL, FED, MCLAREN, HKGD AND PRYOR, SPD, DOT.
TIMOTHY GEORGE
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