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THE
MCLAREN THE POLITICAL PROFILE WOULD BE TOO HIGH. WE THEREFORE
WOULD PREFER TO ADOPT THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL IN PARA 4 OF YOUR TUR.
WE ALSO WONDER WHETHER TO FIELD A TEAM INCLUDING BOTH
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR WOULD NOT HAVE THE EFFECT OF RAISING LOCAL EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH, GIVEN THE VERY EXPLORATORY NATURE OF THE TALKS AT THIS
STAGE. YOU MAY FEEL ON REFLECTION THAT ON THIS OCCASION THE
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE PART OF THE DELEGATION. IF YOU CAN CONFIRM YOUR AGREEMENT ON THIS TO HANOI, THEY CAN INCLUDE MR N J FRENCH AS THE QUOTE SENIOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL UNQUOTE. OTHERWISE HANOI CAN CONFIRM THE NAME(S) OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT A LATER STAGE.
PLEASE COMMENT TO HANOI DESKBY 11010OZ TO ENABLE ACTION TO BE
TAKEN ON THAT DAY.
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WE SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ON STRATEGY.
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