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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, WASHINGTON
FOLLOWING FOR HEAD OF NAD FROM DHC
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FCO TELNO 247 AND TELECON NEWTON/BURNS: MESSAGE TO THE CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
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WE DISCUSSED THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S MESSAGE (WHICH WE HAVE NOT YET DELIVERED) TO MRS MCDOUGALL. I SUGGEST THE TEXT WOULD BETTER MEET CANADIAN SENSITIVITIES (AND BE MORE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE ITS PURPOSE) IF IT WERE AMENDED SLIGHTLY AS FOLLOWS:
PARAGRAPH 1: DELETE FROM, 'WILL SHORTLY BE. 1 TO THE END OF THE PARAGRAPH, AND REPLACE BY, '..IS AT PRESENT VISITING HONG KONG. WE HAVE VALUED HIS SUPPORT IN OUR EFFORTS TO PREPARE HONG KONG FOR 1997, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I WERE TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA OVER HONG KONG'.
PARAGRAPH 4: DELETE 'TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AND REPLACE BY 'CONTINUE'
PARAGRAPH 5: DELETE 'HONG KONG WILL BE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED' AND REPLACE BY YOU WILL BE AWARE OF THE SERIOUS EFFECT ON HONG KONG'
PARAGRAPH 6: ADD THE FOLLOWING NEW SENTENCE: 'I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THE OUTLOOK FOR ALL THIS WHEN WE MEET AT THE NAC IN COPENHAGEN'.
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