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be advantage in the Secretary of State seeing Lord Shawcross
before the latter's forthcoming dinner with the Chinese
Ambassador.
Lord Shawcross has recently taken a more helpful
line on Hong Kong and there are some general points which he
might usefully be asked to try to get across to the Chinese
Ambassador.
5. I therefore recommend that our reply should not take up
the request for a briefing on Privy Council terms. Without
referring to this in terms, I think the most we should do would be to express readiness to have a general discussion.
shall of course provide a brief.
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