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OCMIAN 1372
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OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
231430Z OCT
GRS 188
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKK
RECEIVED IN RECRTRY 31 OCT 1986
DESK OFFIC:
INDEX
TELNO 2363
OF 231430Z OCTOBER 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
416
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
YOUR TELNO 3497 (NOT TO PEKING): PAPERS FOR OD(K)
See
423
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS DECIDED THAT HE WISHES TO
CONSIDER THE PAPERS IN SLOWER TIME, SO AS TO ENSURE THAT ALL
THE ARGUMENTS ARE PRESENTED TO THE SUB-COMMITTEE AS
PERSUASIVELY AS POSSIBLE. THE MEETING OF OD(K) HAS
ACCORDINGLY BEEN POSTPONED:
10 NOVEMBER.
2.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE SOME TIME AFTER
WE SHALL OF COURSE CONSULT YOU FULLY WHEN REDRAFTING
GETS UNDER WAY. IN THE MEANTIME YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE
PAPERS ARE NOT YET RIPE FOR EXCO. THERE WILL BE FURTHER EXCO
MEETINGS BEFORE OD(K) TAKES PLACE.
3.
WE ARE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT THIS CHANGE IN THE TIMETABLE
AFFECTS THE TIMING FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO THE CHINESE OF A
PAPER ON THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, AND HENCE THE
PROSPECT OF YOUR RECEIVING ANY CONSIDERED CHINESE REACTION
DURING YOUR VISIT TO PEKING IN EARLY DECEMBER.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
MR. GILLMORE
MR. WILSON
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