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SECRET
FUTURE EGRET
DESKBY 160930 Z BOTH
FROM PEKING 160847Z SEPT 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2378 OF 16/9/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 2852: FUTURE EGRET: PART 111 OF THE WHITE PAPER: SHIPPING.
1. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE WORKING GROUP WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT IN TUR:
(PARAGRAPH 1: AMEND THE FIRST SENTENCE TO READ:
**A MAJOR FACTOR IN HONG KONG'S TRADING SUCCESS HAS BEEN ITS WELL DEVELOPED
(B) PARAGRAPH 1, SENTENCE 2: AMEND TO:
...
IS SAFEGUARDED BY
...
(C) PREFACE PARAS 2 AND 3 WITH:
...
**THE ANNEX MAKES CLEAR THAT ..''/ ''THE ANNEX ALSO STATES THAT
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(D) PARAGRAPH 3: INSERT ''FOREIGN BEFORE **WARSHIPS''
EVANS
LIMITED
HD/HKD HD/FED MR BOYD
SECRET
COPIES TO:
SIR P CRADOCK MR BICKFORD,
2)
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR FITFOOT, SIR E YOUDE, K195A
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