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From:
PS/Mr Maude
Date:
26 September 1989
CC:
PS
PS/Lord Brabazon Mr Gillmore
Mr McLaren
Mr Colvin, SEAD
Mr Whitehead, News Dept
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HONG KONG
1. Mr Maude has asked that, whilst he is on leave:
a) the Hong Kong strategy paper be revised in the light of the Secretary of State's meeting with Qian Qichen and JLG XIII, and shown to the Governor;
b) following the trawl of posts, advice be submitted on how best to maximise international support on the nationality issue;
c) advice be submitted on press handling before, during and after the first mandatory repatriation of VBP;
d) a steering brief be prepared for the 3rd Steering Committee on 16/17 October.
This will close at 1700 on
2. Mr Maude would be grateful if these papers could be ready for his first box on return. Friday 6 October.
Tom Lynn Con
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Mark Lyall Grant
Private Secretary to Francis Maude
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