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OF 040758Z FEBRUARY 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 115: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER
1. PIGOTT SPOKE ON THE TELEPHONE ON 4 FEBRUARY TO ZHANG YANBAN (STAFF MEMBER) AT HKMAO, MFA AND ASKED HIM TO LET WANG JIAJI KNOW THAT THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY HAD ALREADY PUBLICLY TAKEN THE LINE IN PARA 1 OF TUR. IN DOING SO, PIGOTT STRESSED THAT THE NEED FOR STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY OVER THE CONTENTS OF THE WHITE PAPER BETWEEN NOW AND PUBL ICATION ON 10 FEBRUARY STILL HELD GOOD.
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2. ZHANG SATISFIED PIGOTT THAT HE HAD UNDERSTOOD THIS MESSAGE WHICH HE UNDERTOOK TO CONVEY TO WANG JIAJI.
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