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Colonies. It would be necessary to work out a precise fallback position, acceptable to the people of the Colony, to the Government in Peking, and of course to the British authorities. Mr Blaker said he would let Hong Kong know if the timetable of visits and consultations which Sir Y K Kan and Mr Cheung had proposed would not allow sufficient time for Hong Kong's position to be taken into account before the Bill was tabled in Parliament.
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PS/Mr Blaker
PS/Mr Luce
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Sir E
Youde
Mr Cortazzi
Mr Murray
Mr Figg
Mr MacLaren, HKGD
Mr Burges Watson, TRED
Miss Jones, NTD
Mr Shepherd, MVD
HE The Governor of Hong Kong
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