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ACCORDING TO THE BRITISH SIDE'S PLANNING, THE FIRST TWO ADDITIONAL PTU COMPANIES WILL, ON FORMATION, UNDERTAKE OPERATIONS WITH THE MILITARY TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO HONG KONG. THE FIRST TWO ADDITIONAL PTU COMPANIES WILL THUS GAIN EXPERIENCE TO BE PASSED ON TO SUBSEQUENT COMPANIES UNQUOTE.
(C) PARA 3, SECOND SENTENCE: DELETE QUOTE JOINT OPERATIONS UNQUOTE AND SUBSTITUTE QUOTE OPERATIONS WITH THE MILITARY UNQUOTE.
(D) PARA 3, FINAL SENTENCE: DELETE QUOTE TAKE OVER UNQUOTE AND SUBSTITUTE QUOTE RESUME FULL UNQUOTE.
(E) PARA 5, THIRD SENTENCE: DELETE QUOTE TAKE OVER UNQUOTE AND SUBSTITUTE QUOTE RESUME FULL UNQUOTE. REMOVE BRACKETS AROUND THE PHRASE QUOTE IN THE COURSE OF 1991 UNQUOTE.
(F) PARA 6, SECOND SENTENCE: DELETE QUOTE AND SPECULATION UNQUOTE AND ADD A NEW SENTENCE QUOTE THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION THAT THE FIRST GURKHA BATTALION TO BE WITHDRAWN FROM HONG KONG WILL BE DISBANDED UNQUOTE.
(G) PARA 7, THIRD SENTENCE: REDRAFT AS FOLLOWS QUOTE ONE OPTION WOULD BE TO RE-DEPLOY THE BATTALION. ANOTHER WOULD BE THAT THE BATTALION CONCERNED SHOULD BE DISBANDED UNQUOTE.
(H) PARA 7, FOURTH SENTENCE: REDRAFT AS FOLLOWS QUOTE IN EITHER EVENT, AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITS FUTURE WILL HAVE TO BE MADE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE PLANNED ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BRIGADE AS A WHOLE. SUCH AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL NOT MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO FUTURE WITHDRAWALS FROM HONG KONG UNQUOTE.
(I) DELETE THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF PARA 7 AND THE WHOLE OF
PARA 8 IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT.
(J) PARA 9, FIRST SENTENCE: DELETE AND SUBSTITUTE QUOTE THE BRITISH SIDE REMAIN FIRMLY COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING SECURITY AND STABILITY IN HONG KONG AT ALL TIMES UP TO 1997 UNQUOTE. 5. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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