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any ay with the administration of Hong Kong. It gould
give quite a false impression in Hong Kong if Sir Y K
were to play a part at the signature and could not be understood there.
Sir Geoffrey Howe therefore believes that we should seek
to discourage Sir Y K Pao from pursuing this idea and
that we should instruct HM Ambassador Peking to tell the
(they have not done so so far) Chinese, if they were
to propose it, that to invite
Sir Y K would be liable to be misunderstood in Hong Kong.
I attach a draft telegram which, if the Prime Minister
agrees, will be sent to Peking and Kong Kong.
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