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Trade (who are happy with the outline but consider that it is too early to produce precise formulations in view of the impending EC and GATT consultations).
Hong Kong
The occasions for speeches in Hong Kong will be the Prime Minister's lunch with Hong Kong businessmen and the opening of the Castle Peak power station. Drafts are based on texts supplied by the Department of Trade and the Department of Industry. No translation will be necessary.
The Prime Minister may consider that it would be better to have more in this speech on the theme of the United Kingdom as a successful trading nation. It will be important to impress upon the businessmen in Hong Kong that they should not underrate the UK. In view of the shortness of time, however, I think it best that you should see the drafts as they now stand.
A J Coles Esq 10 Downing Street
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(J E Holmes)
Private Secretary
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