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6. DAB ARE CLEARLY SEARCHING FOR A FORMULA TO ALLOW EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA. WHETHER TSANG'S FORMULA WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO CHINA IS NOT CLEAR. IT WOULD BE RATHER SURPRISING IF IT WERE. BUT THE ATTEMPT TO PLAY FOR TIME ALSO CAME ACROSS CLEARLY IN MY MEETING WITH THE CRC TWO DAYS AGO.
PATTEN
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
64
DISTRIBUTION
65
.HK POLICY
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
./MS BROOKS AND MR GILES
NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
1
HO//B4DIV MR C KELLEY
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