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FROM:
M H Jay
DATE: 24 October 1983
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Mr Houston
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
BRIEFING OF CONSERVATIVE BACK BENCHERS
The PUS has commented on Mr Warren-Gash's minute of 21 October that it is going to, be difficult to maintain a balance between telling Conservative back benchers enough about the negotiations to satisfy them, and avoiding breaking the confidentiality of the talks, thereby provoking Chinese criticism.
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