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15 AUG 1990
PS/Lord Caithness
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25 July 1990
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PS/All Ministers Mr McLaren, o/r Mr Burns, o/r Mr Colvin, SEAD Miss Marsden, HKD
Mr Cooper
Policy Planning Staff
QUEEN'S SPEECH ON THE PROROGATION AND OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
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1. Lord Caithness has seen your minute of 20 July covering drafts for the Queen's speeches. He has two comments:
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he thinks it odd that the paragraph on Burma and Cambodia comes before the, to his mind more important, mention of Hong Kong. He would like the order reversed;
he is surprised that there is no mention of Vietnamese Boat People. I should be grateful if Mr Colvin could give urgent thought to whether a reference might be added.
25 July 1990
bertloutt
Robert Court
PS/Lord Caithness
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