CONFIDENTIAL
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MDHIAN 5821
5. WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO SET A DEADLINE AT THE START WHICH THE CHINESE WOULD RESENT AS QUOTE PRESSURE UNQUOTE. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO JUSTIFY ANY PARTICULAR DEADLINE AT THE OUTSET, AND IT WOULD INEVITABLY APPEAR ARBITRARY. BUT WE WOULD WISH TO GIVE THE CHINESE FROM THE OUTSET AN IDEA OF THE TIMESCALE ON WHICH WE WISHED TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE WOULD NOT SEE ANY DIFFICULTY IN INTRODUCING A DEADLINE AT A LATER STAGE IF THE CHINESE ARE NOT COOPERATIVE. GRANTED IT WOULD NOT IMPROVE CHINESE COOPERATION, IT WOULD ONLY BE DONE IN RESPONSE TO AN ALREADY UNCOOPERATIVE CHINESE ATTITUDE.
GALSWORTHY
YYYY
MAIN
LIMITED
HKD
ADDITIONAL
MR FISH, ODA
NNNN
16
1
DISTRIBUTION
17
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
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