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DI CUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE: DRAFT STATEMENT TO LEGCO
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Thank you for your faxed letter of earlier this evening, h I have discussed with the Ambassador.
we have studied carefully draft statement 'A' (no coment on talks). We have to advise that in our judgement
is not consistent with the objective set out in para 7 of Governor's telno 17 to Peking: if the Governor spoke to Lento in such specific terms it would entirely preclude the
nose agreeing to talks starting in the near future.
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On present form we believe that after one or two further nds of discussions here we are likely to be able to
an ounce an early start to talks on a basis with which you are. sa isfied. If however we now disclosed, the details of our recent contacts, unilaterally breaching diplomatic confidentiality, the Chinese would be bound to react
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emotionally and to see no point in embarking on substantive confidentlak talks. They would conclude that we had signed
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