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REGE VEJ IN
ASEP 1904
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DD HONG KONG 14010OZ
GRS 345
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DESKBY 140100Z
FM FCO 131800Z SEP 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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FUTURE EGRET: PART 3 OF THE WHITE
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1818 OF 13 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR GOVERNOR FROM CRADOCK YOUR TELS NOS 2808 AND 2809:
PAPER
1.
THE FACT IS THAT OUR RESOURCES HERE ARE AS STRETCHED AS YOURS IF NOT MORE SO. THE FEW POSSIBLE DRAFTERS ARE ALL INUNDATED.
THE DRAFT IN OUR TELNO 1790 WAS PRODUCED BY GALSWORTHY WORKING THROUGH THE PRECEDING WEEKEND FROM A SERIES OF DRAFTS WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE FOUND VERY MUCH MORE INADEQUATE. WE HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME LEFT TO COMPLETE THIS DRAFT: IT MUST GO TO MINISTERS COLLECTIVELY DURING THE COURSE OF NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE THERE WILL NOT BE TIME TO PRINT IT.
2. THERE IS THE FURTHER PROBLEM THAT THIS PART OF THE WHITE PAPER IS ESSENTIALLY DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR NEEDS IN HONG KONG, AND PEOPLE WORKING HERE INEVITABLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FEEL FOR THE MARKET REQUIREMENT. EVEN IF WE DID PRODUCE ANOTHER DRAFT, WHICH WE REALLY DO NOT THINK WE CAN, WE FEAR THAT IT WOULD FALL SHORT OF WHAT YOUR REQUIRE FOR THIS REASON. WE SHOULD THEN BE EVEN LATER IN THE GAME.
3. READING THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT ON EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN YOUR TELNO 2809 REINFORCES US IN THIS VIEW.
4. I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND YOUR PROBLEMS. BUT DESPITE THIS, IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE, I FEEL I MUST PRESS YOU TO LET US HAVE YOUR IDEAS IN THE FORM OF DRAFTS. WE MUST SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF
SINCE HE WILL AS YOU KNOW BE
WE CAN ONLY SUBMIT WHAT WE HAVE
STATE OVER THE WEEKEND ON THIS, AWAY FROM 17 TO 19 SEPTEMBER. GOT BY THEN, THOUGH WE SHALL EMPHASISE THAT IT IS STILL SUBJECT
WE WILL SUBMIT THE EXISTING DRAFT,
TO FAIRLY RADICAL AMENDMENT.
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