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PERSONAL FOR COX, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 587: MFN STATUS FOR CHINA
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, WHEN HE SAW MEMBERS OF OMELCO TODAY, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MENTIONED THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAD SPOKEN TO PRESIDENT BUSH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING CHINA'S MFN STATUS.
2. ALTHOUGH PRESS WERE NOT PRESENT, THESE MEETINGS WITH OMELCO ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL. MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE TALK QUITE FREELY TO THE PRESS ABOUT WHAT HAS OCCURRED. WE MUST THEREFORE ASSUME THAT THIS INFORMATION WILL SOON BE GENERALLY KNOWN.
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THIS ALL MAKES FAIRLY GOOD NONSENSE OF THE STRICTLY PERSONAL CAVEAT ON TUR, WHICH I HAD OBSERVED.
WILSON
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