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IMPORTANCE OF PAYING SUFFICIENT ATTENTION TO THE CHINA DIMENSION IN CHARTING OUR COURSE ON HONG KONG.
4.
QINGMING IS NOT A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN PEKING AND THERE SHOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY IN ARRANGING CALLS ON 5 APRIL. I SUGGEST THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT SPEND THREE WORKING DAYS IN PEKING BEGINNING THE WEEK BEGINNING 1 APRIL. IF TIME PERMITTED, HE MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO SPEND SATURDAY 6 APRIL SEEING SOMETHING OF THE SIGHTS AROUND PEKING. ALTHOUGH IN THEORY SPRING SHOULD ALREADY HAVE STARTED, THE TEMPERATURE MIGHT STILL BE BRISK BUT NOT UNCOMFORTABLE.
DONALD
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ΜΑΙΝ
16
LIMITED
HKD
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DISTRIBUTION
16
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
2
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