CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 456
OF 19173OZ FEBRUARY 88
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
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HUD 2439
FEB 1988
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OUR TELNO 433. ECVII'S
1 . WITH REFERENCE TO THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE IN YOUR TELNO 625 WE WONDER ON REFLECTION WHETHER THE OVERALL TONE IS RATHER TOO NEGATIVE. PERHAPS AN OPENING PARAGRAPH ALONG THE FOLLOWING
LINES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE:
BEGINS: THANK THE CHINESE SIDE SINCERELY FOR THEIR QUICK
AND HELPFUL RESPONSE TO THIS PROBLEM. OUT OF A TOTAL OF 7554 ECVIIS IN HONG KONG AFTER THE SUDDEN INFLUX OF LAST SUMMER, 7385 HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED. MOST APPRECIATIVE OF CHINA'S
ENDS.
SWIFT AND EFFECTIVE HANDLING OF THIS PROBLEM.
2. WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED YOUR MEMORANDUM FOR PRESENTATION TO THE CHINESE. WE ARE CONTENT WITH IT, BARRING A COUPLE OF ODDITIES OF EXPRESSION EG THE SECOND SENTENCE.
3.
HOWE
WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS AND TUR.
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