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YOUR VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES
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: 14-21 OCTOBER
THANK YOU FOR FAXING THE FINAL DRAFTS OF YOUR THREE SPEECHES. WE THOUGHT THEY ALL READ VERY WELL. WE HAVE ONLY A FEW VERY MINOR COMMENTS.
A. NATIONAL PRESS CLUB/ASIA SOCIETY, WASHINGTON * 16 OCTOBER PAGE 8, SECOND PARAGRAPH: WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT LOGICAL GAP BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH SENTENCES (....LOOKING AT WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT. THE PRIVATE SECTOR. .) WHICH MIGHT THROW YOU AUDIENCE. WE SUGGEST THE ADDITION OF A EXPLANATORY PASSAGE, TO THE EFFECT THAT MANY OF THOSE WHO LEAVE HONG KONG INTEND TO DO SO TEMPORARILY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A FOREIGN PASSPORT AS AN INSURANCE FOR THE FUTURE. YOU MIGHT ADD LATER IN THAT PARAGRAPH THAT THE KEY IS TO MAKE HONG KONG ATTRACTIVE SO THAT PEOPLE WANT TO STAY IN THE TERRITORY AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO DIFFICULTIES PLACE IN THEIR WAY WHEN THEY WISH TO COME BACK.
PAGE 1U, FIRST PARAGRAPH: THE THIRD SENTENCE (THIS IS NOW ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS....) IS OF COURSE NOT STRICTLY ACCURATE, AS THE FIGURE OF 56,000 RELATES TO THE CURRENT TOTAL BOAT PEOPLE POPULATION, RATHER THAN THIS YEAR'S ARRIVALS. FOR GREATER EFFECT, YOU MIGHT ALSO MENTION THAT THE ARRIVAL RATE ON SOME DAYS DURING THE SUMMER WAS AS HIGH AS 1,000 PER DAY.
PAGE 14 FIRST PARAGRAPH: WE SUGGEST A REDRAFT OF THE FIFTH SENTENCE AS FOLLOWS: QUOTE NOW ONLY ONE SIXTH ARE CIVIL SERVANTS AND MORE THAN HALF OF THE REMAINDER ARE ELECTED BY WHAT WE CALL.... UNQUOTE.
PAGE 18 FIRST PARAGRAPH: ARE NOT FILIPINOS THE LARGEST FOREIGN COMMUNITY?
B. WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL, LOS ANGELES * 19 OCTOBER
PAGE 2, SECOND PARAGRAPH: WE SUGGEST, TENTATIVELY, THE DELETION OF QUOTE UNFORTUNATELY UNQUOTE IN THE LAST LINE AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF QUOTE BUT UNQUOTE.
C. COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA : 20 OCTOBER
PAGE 3, FIRST PARAGRAPH, SECOND LINE: WE SUGGEST DELETION OF
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