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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HONG KONG DEPT
YOUR TELNO 311: 1987 REVIEW: STRATEGY PAPER
1. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS MOVING TOWARDS
ACCEPTANCE OF THE GENERAL STRATEGY SET OUT IN MY PAPER, BUT
AWAITS EXCO'S VIEWS. HE DOES HOWEVER HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT
OUR COMMITTING OURSELVES TO HIS MEETING WITH WU IN MARCH
UNTIL WE ARE CLEARER ABOUT THE PAPER WHICH IT IS PROPOSED THAT
HE SHOULD HAND OVER. HE NOTES THAT IT MAY FOR INSTANCE TAKE TIME TO
CLEAR IT WITH NO 10.
I SHALL EXPLAIN THE
2. I PROPOSE TO SUBMIT AGAIN TOMORROW, BRINGING THE OUTCOME
OF THE EXCO DISCUSSION TO HIS ATTENTION.
NEED, AS WE SEE IT, FOR US TO ACT SOON TO PIN WU DOWN TO A MEETING IN MARCH BY MEANS OF A MINISTERIAL MESSAGE, EVEN IN
ADVANCE OF THE FINALISATION OF THE PROPOSED PAPER.
3. IT WOULD CLEARLY BE HELPFUL IF THE OUTCOME OF EXCO'S
DISCUSSION, AS YOU REPORT IT TOMORROW, COULD BE SUCH AS TO
GIVE US A CLEAR STEER TOWARDS EARLY ACTION AND THE DESPATCH
OF A MESSAGE PROPOSING A MEETING IN MARCH. I SHOULD ALSO
LIKE TO REASSURE THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT DRAFTING OF THE
PAPER TO BE HANDED TO WU (OR AT LEAST THE PASSAGE IN THE GREEN
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