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PERSONAL FOR COX (VISITING) FROM PAUL, HKD
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YOUR TELNO 2321: HMOCS
1. I AM AFRAID THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE SUCH AN AMBITIOUS TEXT WITH THE TREASURY.
THE TREASURY CAN ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING:
PARA 1: UNCHANGED
PARA 2: DELETE ''THAT THE CONCERNS OF HMOCS OFFICERS ARE RECOGNISED''
PARA 3: DELETE ''I CAN NOW CONFIRM THAT' AND SUBSTITUTE ''I CAN REASSURE YOU THAT MINISTERS CONTINUE TO RECOGNISE FULLY THE CONCERNS OF HMOCS MEMBERS AND THAT HMG IS IN THE PROCESS ETC''. DELETE LAST SENTENCE (IE ''SUCH ARRANGEMENTS CIRCUMSTANCES.'
PARA 4: DELETE.
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