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Miss V Dews
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0 1 JUN 1990
DESK OFFICER
NDER
HA
10 May 1990
1. I attach
CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR HONG KONG
a copy of the letter which my predecessor, David Manning sent you on 16 February following the meeting of MISC 140 on 7 February.
2.
with preparation of the paper for Could I therefore please ask whether you let me have contributions to the paper by
We should like to press ahead the next meeting of MISC 140. and other Departments could close of play on Friday 18 May?
3. If any Department will have difficulty in meeting this deadline, could they please let me know by telephone?
Yours sincerely,
DJ GOWAN
David Gomm
Copies to:
Mr J Mortimer,
HMT
Mr RJ T McLaren, FCO
Mr A R Paul,
FCO
Mr R J Fries,
HO
Mrs B H Fair,
HO
Mr N Bevan,
MOD
Mr P Kitchen,
DTP
Mrs E Walton,
DOE
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