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FM FCO 141321Z NOVEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2253 OF 14 NOVEMBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNOS 3467-9 AND 3476
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
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FUTHER DEVELOPMENT OF
WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE AMENDMENTS TO THE WHITE PAPER MADE
BY EXCO, AND PLEASED THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO BRING THE DATE OF THE REVIEW FORWARD TO 1987. WE ARE ALSO CONTENT WITH THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE AMBASSADOR'S INSTRUCTIONS PROPOSED IN
PARAGRAPH 2 OF FIRST TUR.
2. WE DO NOT (NOT) REQUIRE A CONFIRMATORY TEXT BY TELEGRAM. WE PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND TO MINISTERS THAT, AS WITH THE GREEN PAPER, THE PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED THROUGH AN INSPIRED PQ ON 21 NOVEMBER AND THAT COPIES OF IT
SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE LIBRARIES OF BOTH HOUSES. WE SHOULD BE
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ENSURE THAT 20 ADVANCE COPIES REACH US IN
GOOD TIME FOR THIS PURPOSE. WE EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THE WHITE PAPER AND WOULD THEREFORE BE
GRATEFUL FOR FURTHER COPIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER
PUBLICATION.
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