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views of the Governor and Mr Goodlad,
of points from the Embassy in Peking.
AND TAKING ACCOUNT,
We have also taken assount
+ No. 10 would like this paper to be circulated if possible by
the weekend.
2.
One point of explanation. Para 11 of the paper refers to
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reinforcing a message from the Secretary of State to Qian through
senior level) Ministerial contact with Ambassador Ma here. This reflects a thought from the Governor in commenting on an earlier draft of
the paper. He thought that, at a time when the Chinese were considering their options, it could be very valuable if the Secretary of State were able to give Ma
Might usefully
a meal to a meal to reinforce his
Rather than commit the Secretary of State to
message to Qian. doing this in the
OPD (K) paper, we have used a slightly more
ANOTHER general formulation. One possibility would be for Mr Goodlad to offer lunch to Ma. The Department/could pursue that with him on
his return
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