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000675 MDHIAN 8527
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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE F CO TELNO 304
OF 260731Z FEBRUARY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
-HKCO12/3
ECEIVED IN E
12 MAR 1990
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YOUR TELNO 428 TO HONG KONG : BASIC LAW FURTHER ACTION.
1 IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF, IN THE LIGHT OF ANYTHING THAT EMERGES FROM THE INFORMAL APPROACH TO ZHENG WEIRONG, YOU COULD SEND US THE CONSOLIDATED FINAL TEXT OF THE SPEAKING NOTE FOR USE WITH THE MFA AND THE DEFENSIVE MATERIAL REFERRED TO IN PARA 4 OF TUR. THE PREPARATION OF A CONSOLIDATED FINAL TEXT WOULD ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSIONS OF IT.
2. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE IN HONG KONG TELNO 711 BUT SUGGEST DELETION OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE FINAL SENTENCE IN PARA 4 : WE INTEND TO LEAVE A COPY OF THE SPEAKING NOTE WITH THE MFA HENCE THE NEED FOR A CHINESE TRANSLATION.
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