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AKB 182 12.
SOMAY 1991
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OF 280954Z MAY 91
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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067334 MDHIAN 8565
AIRPORT TALKS: PUBLIC COMMENTS
1. I WAS BESIEGED AGAIN BY THE PRESS AFTER THE EXCO MEETING THIS MORNING (28 MAY). DECLINING TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT EXCO AS THE PRESS HAD SPECULATED, I TOLD THEM THAT, AS I HAD SAID LAST WEEK, WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE SNAP DECISIONS ON THE AIRPORT. THERE WERE VERY IMPORTANT, SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES AT STAKE. WE WANTED TO GIVE THESE VERY CAREFUL, THOUGHTFUL AND MATURE CONSIDERATION BEFORE WE CAME TO ANY CONCLUSIONS.
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