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1. None of us supposes that it will be easy to secure Chinese
acquiescence in the forthcoming constitutional decisions.
major diplomatie/political effort will be needed after you and
Ministers have agreed on the game-plan. The Secretary of State
will open batting with Qian Qichen in New York on 25 September.
We have a little time to prepare for that. But we need to
consider whether we should be saying any more to the Chinese
meanwhile.
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You have already prepared the ground in your frank talks with
Ma Yuzhen and Zhou Nan (thank you for the full accounts in your
telnos 2058 and 2169). You put across some clear messages,
notably on ExCo appointments (no quote notorious people unquote)
and on directly-elected seats (pitching your tent on the ground
conveyed of the JD and BL). We do not know how accurately they will be L
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