JOPY
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CISA
CONFIDENTIAL
COMMS OFFICE REG NO.
D.T.R: 20th September 1985 1652HRS D.T.D: 20th September 1985 1703HRS
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER NFR
OF 200855Z SEPTEMBER 85
FROM:
:...
R.F. MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG. FOLLOWING FOR : W. G. EHRMAN ESQ., HONG KONG DEPT, FCO (PERSONAL )
MACAU: ACCESS TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
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1. JOHN BOYD AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT HONG KONG TEL NOS 1779 AND 1861
WERE RECEIVED WITH SOMETHING LESS THAN JUBILATION, GIVEN THE EXTENT
TO WHICH WE PUSHED THIS SUBJECT IN EARLIER CORRESPONDENCE. IF I MAY
SAY SO WITHOUT SEEMING PRESUMPTUOUS, FCO TELNO 1381 WAS A MODEL OF
RESTRAINT.
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2. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF SOME PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTATION TO REDUCE THE IRRITATION WHICH I IMAGINE WE HAVE CAUSED YOU, BUT HAVE GIVEN UP, HAVING BEEN REMINDED OF WHAT OSCAR WILDE SAID ABOUT PHILOSOPHY, WHICH IS THAT IT ENABLES ONE TO BEAR WITH FORTITUDE THE MISFORTUNES OF OTHERS.
SIGNED R. F. MARGOLIS.
R.F.
mr
A: DPA
D: PA
GOVERNME
SECRETARIAT
7022
26-9-85
HONG
KOS
CONFIDENTIAL
GOVERNMENT
SECRETARIAT
616. 23 SEP 1985
HONG
KONG
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