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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD
VISIT BY LORD CAITHNESS
1 LORD CAITHNESS HAS ASKED FOR ADVICE ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND HELPFUL FOR HIM TO CALL ON ZHOU NAN DURING HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT.
2. OUR VIEW IS THAT SUCH A CALL WOULD NOT BE ADVISABLE. ZHOU NAN IS NOT A FORTHCOMING INTERLOCUTOR, AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS NEW DEPARTURE FROM STANDARD PRACTICE MIGHT BE
MISINTERPRETED LOCALLY, AND COULD EVEN BE EXPLOITED BY NCNA IN UNHELPFUL WAYS.
IS THERE HOWEVER ANY POSSIBILITY OF LORD CAITHNESS MEETING ZHOU NAN SOCIALLY DURING THE VISIT?
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WE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF SIR A DONALD.
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