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TO TELL HIS LEADERS THAT HE HAD ACHIEVED SOMETHING IN AN AREA WHERE OUR INITIAL RESPONSE WAS NEGATIVE.
4.
AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON YOUR THINKING, EG COPIES OF PAPERS PREPARED BY FINANCE BRANCH AND/OR CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE EXPERTS TO BRIEF COX (HKD) ON 19 JUNE (LATE AFTERNOON) OR 20 JUNE, ON HIS WAY BACK TO LONDON FROM THE JLG IN PEKING ?
5. WE UNDERSTAND YOUR WISH TO TAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS IN THIS AREA, BUT QUITE APART FROM THE HMOCS ANGLE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UK INTERESTS INVOLVED, NOT LEAST REGARDING POTENTIAL CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AFTER 1997.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
40
DISTRIBUTION
40
.HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS
.CIVIL SERVICE RESTRICTED
HKD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS FED
NEWS D
RAD//MR WYE
RMD
OVERSEA PENSIONS/ODA//MR FISH
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/MR PATTEN
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
MR KERBY
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