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166326 MDHIAN477
YEAR VISA (YOUR TELNO 1744) ON KEY CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS.
REACTIONS WERE MIXED: SOLARZ'S AND BERMAN'S STAFFERS WERE SYMPATHETIC. BUT MORRISON'S OFFICE AGAIN WARNED COUR TELNO 1827) THAT THE HONG KONG PROVISIONS WERE GENEROUS, AND THAT THERE WAS A RISK OF UNRAVELLING THEM IF WE TRIED TO PRESS FOR
TOO MUCH. SENATE STAFFERS WARNED THAT CONFEREES WERE UNLIKELY TO BE WILLING TO FOCUS MUCH ATTENTION ON THE HONG KONG PROVISIONS WHICH WERE NOT CONTROVERSIAL. IT APPEARS, FROM THE ACCOUNT IN PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 ABOVE, THAT IN NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR THE TEN YEAR PROPOSAL HAS NOT FOUND FAVOUR. COMMENT
6. THE DETAILS ABOVE REMAIN TENTATIVE, AND SHOULD NOT BE OPENLY REFERRED TO IN THE COMMONS DEBATE AND WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN UNTIL THE OUTCOME OF THE CONFERENCE, THAT THE HONG KONG DETAILS DESCRIBED ABOVE WILL BE RELECTED IN THE FINAL
BILL. IT IS STILL NOT CERTAIN THAT THE BILL WILL BE ADOPTED (ALTHOUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE END OF THE WEEK AND MAY RUN ON EVEN LATER, OR POSSIBLY, RESUME AFTER THE MID TERM ELECTIONS).
ACLAND
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
80
ΜΑΙΝ
77
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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HKD
HD/FED
RAD
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/LORD CAITHNESS MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
3
MS FOAKES LEGAL ADVISERS
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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