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being? If this is not possible, or if it would not dissuade the AECS from legal action, would another alternative be to announce a review of the policy and that contracts expiring during the
renewed? That should put the course of this review would be issue off until after the electoral talks are over, although we recognise that it would also make it more difficult to resist consulting the Chinese and Local staff associations.
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If you conclude that you have to act now, we agree that you should inform NCNA of your intentions in a routine and low-key way. We imagine that your ExCo paper will bring out clearly the risks of a strong negative Chinese reaction, and the implications this could have for our dealings with the Chinese over other crucial issues.
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