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TO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TELNO 93
OF 021515Z AUGUST 90
PEKING,
- 3 AUG 1990
fm
318.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, BTC HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 3515
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(51)
YOUR TELNO 238 HONG KONG TELNO 2402 AND PEKING TELNO 1144: SECRETARY OF STATE'S ARTICLE IN THE TIMES
1.
WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUGGESTED REDRAFT AND FOR THE COMMENTS IN TURS. IN FACT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD WORKED ON THE ORIGINAL TEXT OVERNIGHT AND PRODUCED A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT ONE. WE DREW YOUR REDRAFT AND THE COMMENTS IN TURS TO THE ATTENTION OF PRIVATE OFFICE, BUT BY THAT STAGE THE SHAPE OF THE ARTICLE HAD BEEN SET AND IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE IN THE TIME AVAILABLE TO DO ANY RADICAL RE-WORKING. BUT THERE IS MUCH USEFUL MATERIAL IN YOUR REDRAFT: WE SHALL KEEP IT TO HAND FOR FUTURE USE.
2.
THE ARTICLE AS SUBMITTED TO THE TIMES IS BEING FAXED TO BRADLEY DPA, OSBORNE BTC (FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO YOU) AND DAVIES, PEKING. WE EXPECT IT TO BE PLACED IN TOMORROW'S TIMES.
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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