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TELNO 117
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HONG KONG DEPT
YOUR TELNOS 38-39 AND PEKING TELNO 19: 1987 REVIEW
1.
THANK YOU FOR THE HELPFUL REDRAFT OF THE STRATEGY PAPER IN
SECOND TUR. MY 3 MIFTS CONTAIN A FURTHER REVISION OF THE PAPER,
WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE FOLLOWING NEW FACTORS:
(A)
(B)
2.
OUR SEPARATE EXCHANGE, ENDORSED BY MINISTERS, ON THE
TIMING OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE GREEN PAPER:
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH MINISTERS' PRIVATE OFFICES ABOUT
POSSIBLE CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL.
IN GENERAL WE HAVE ADOPTED YOUR REVISED LANGUAGE, EXCEPT IN A SMALL NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE WE HAVE PREFERRED OUR ORIGINAL
FORMULATIONS. THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL OF THE CHANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS
(REFERENCES ARE TO THE NEW PARAGRAPH NUMBERS):
(A) PARA 1: WE HAVE REVERTED TO A MORE GENERAL INTRODUCTORY
FORMULA, AS THE STRATEGY PAPER GOES WELL BEYOND A DISCUSSION
OF THE TIMETABLE:
(B) PARA 4: ON REFLECTION WE HAVE NOT (NOT) INCLUDED YOUR
EXPANSION OF THIS PARAGRAPH. IT MAKES A VALID POINT, WITH
WHICH WE AGREE. BUT WE FEEL IT IS ESSENTIALLY SECONDARY TO
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