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Mr Burns has asked for copies of Mr Meadway's letter to him of 7 October and his interim reply of 8 November which I
attach. We have yet to give Mr Meadway a substantive response. You will recall that the DTI paper was already somewhat old (about 6 months) by the time it reached us, and
that there had also been some debate within DTI whether it
should be sent to us at all. Frankly, the paper is not a
good one and we would be reluctant to see it used as a
discussion document in Whitehall as it stands.
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Our game plan was to encourage HKG to do a well thought
out paper (hopefully now in progress following Mr Burns
letter to Sir D Ford of 18 February) which we could then use
as a basis for future discussion. I regret that Mr Burns
may not have been party to this "strategy."
MJeness
T Furness
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