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in 3(10)
a new one. In this respect, the idea outlined in above would bring de problem closest to home. So too would 3(iii) in a different way, although I have suggested at least one of the dangers. With 3(i) or (ii) the problem is postponed rather than resolved although 3iii) would seem to require at least
commitment or statement of intent from de Chinese.
Seme
3 (v)
remains the most difficult for us and for de Chinese since it most resembles de proposal we have already put to de Chinese.
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best answer might be a combination of suggestion's at paragraph 3 (1) (i) (ii) and (iv) which could be complementam.
Inchiamon
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yet,
I suspect that the Governot will want to lie low for a while to allow time for economic developments to begin to make it clear to the Chinese that there really is a problem. But I doubt whether we should be trying to those developments
give too much of a push (paras 3 ii and 3 iii above) - I agree with No Webb about the danger of over-worrying the problem. How analysis of the problem is correct, the eirdence will begin to make itself plain without any help from
any help from us. If the eirdence does not appear, then maybe this will mean that or analysis wer
and the problem is not as serions off as we thought: It wrong us beware of the temptation to create the evidence simply in order to prove that we were right! In fact, there is already one very striking piece of evidence in the figures quoted in paragraph 6 of the letter from the ACD at flag D.
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