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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 24073OZ FCO TELNO 353
OF 24053OZ JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING
HKR 063/1
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YOUR TELNO 64 : NAVAL PATROL CRAFT
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I WILL OF COURSE ACT AS INSTRUCTED.
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IN MY VIEW INFORMING THEM AT SUCH A LATE STAGE WILL
DO ALMOST AS MUCH DAMAGE AS NOT INFORMING THEM AT ALL. WE SHALL BE DOING THIS AT EXACTLY THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE JUST REACHED A MAJOR AGREEMENT WITH THEM, AND ARE HOPING FOR A PERIOD OF GREATER TRUST AND PROGRESS.
2. THESE CONSIDERATIONS MUST BE BALANCED AGAINST THE NEED TO INFORM PARLIAMENT OF THE DECISION BEFORE THE RECESS BEGINS. YOU MUST BE THE JUDGES, BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY AMPLE PRECEDENTS FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAN THIS TO BE MADE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY RECESS WHEN NECESSARY.
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GIVEN TIME TO CONSULT THEM I WOULD SEE SOME CHANCE OF GAINING
THEIR UNDERSTANDING FOR A DECISION TO WITHDRAW THE PATROL CRAFT.
DONE IN THE WAY YOU ARE SUGGESTING IT WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE GREAT
RESENTMENT AND SUSPICION.
GALSWORTHY
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