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0.52 MDHIAN 767
IN THE FIRST PLACE AND FOR THE TIMING. OUR MAIN PREOCCUPATION HERE WILL BE TO KEEP THE MATTER IN CONTEXT AND AVOID ANY WIDER IMPACT ON JAPAN'S OTHERWISE POSITIVE VIEW OF HONG KONG AND ITS COMMERCIAL CHUTZPAH. IT WOULD BE A GREAT PITY TO SEE ANY SLIPPAGE IN THE STRONG INTEREST AND SUPPORT EXPRESSED TO ME TODAY OVER LUNCH BY SENIOR DIET MEMBERS, INCLUDING AN EX-PRIME MINISTER AND AN EX-FOREIGN MINISTER, BOTH OF WHOM FIGURED THEY HAD PUT THEMSELVES OUT FOR THE FUTURE PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG.
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