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and if the Governor paid a farewell visit to Peking there
might be a change of follow-up then.
5.
Meanwhile contacts will certainly continue between
the Chinese Government and leading personalities from
Hong Kong (eg Y K Pao). They can be useful in clarifying
to the Chinese the extent of the problem but there is
probably little scope for or prudence in using them as
direct intermediaries on a solution to the problem.
6.
If there were a slide in confidence we would need
to move fast, with Ministerial messages passed in London
and Peking. The despatch of a special emissary should not
be ruled out but would have to be handled very carefully to
avoid itself damaging confidence.
endorse range of options in paper and short-term tactics.
Ministers asked to
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