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''THE RECENT LIFTING OF MARTIAL LAW IN PEKING AND LHASA AND THE RELEASE OF SOME POLITICAL PRISONERS WERE WELCOME, BUT WERE ONLY LIMITED STEPS TO IMPROVING HUMAN RIGHTS.''
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DELETE FINAL SENTENCE. THE TIMES OF ALL NEWSPAPERS SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN USING THE WORD 'APPEASEMENT''. MR MAUDE DID NOT GO TO PEKING TO APPEASE THE CHINESE. HIS PURPOSE WAS TO PUT SQUARELY TO THEM OUR CONCERN THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE BETTER PROGRESS ON PREPARATIONS FOR 1997.
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LINE 1: AFTER ''ON' I INCLUDE ''THE NEW TERRITORIES IN'' (IN THE INTERESTS OF ACCURACY).
LINE 2-3: DELETE ''IT IS NOT A COMFORTABLE POSITION .. BUT AND ADJUST THE REMAINDER TO READ 'WE WILL NOT HELP THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG BY.
LINE 5: DELETE INTERESTS
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T ! SIMILAR INTERESTS AND REPLACE WITH ''IN OUR (PERSPECTIVES ARE DIFFERENT. THE CHINESE EXHIBITION TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPIUM WAR MAKES THAT CLEAR).
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ADD A NEW SECOND SENTENCE ''BUT EQUALLY HONG KONG DRAWS SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FROM ITS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO GUANGDONG AND OTHER COASTAL PROVINCES.'' TO BE FOLLOWED BY IN GUANGDONG MORE PEOPLE WORK FOR HONG KONG MANUFACTURING FIRMS THAN DO SO IN HONG KONG ITSELF.''
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FINAL SENTENCE: PLEASE DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY. (THE ORIGINAL IS VERY LIKELY TO PROVOKE A STRONG REACTION FROM THE CHINESE ON THE THEME OF HONG KONG AS A BASE FOR SUBVERSION).
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LINE 1: DELETE A REDUNDANT ''THE
MAJOR'' (MR MAUDE
LINE 5: REPLACE ''POUNDS 10 BILLION WITH EMPHASISED TO THE CHINESE THAT THE PORT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DEMAND-LED. DISCUSSION CONCENTRATED ON THE COSTS OF THE AIRPORT AT ABOUT POUNDS 3 BILLION).
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