CONFIDENTIAL
3 September 1991
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Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
Sir David Wilson, GCMG
HONG KONG
Fear Governor,
1739
London SWLA MAH
Telephone: 071-
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AIRPORT NEGOTIATIONS
Thank you for your despatch of 29 July, which we found an authoritative and readable account of the wearisome negotiations which led up to the Memorandum of Understanding, their background and significance. It is too early for a definitive account
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but your contribution to the historical record was also very timely for our briefing of the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for their present visit to Peking.
Ministers and officials involved in the subject have seen the despatch, therefore.
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Yours ever, Nigel.
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N J Cox
Hong Kong Department
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