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From: Sara Everett
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SECRETARY OF STATE'S ARTICLE FOR THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS
1. The Secretary of State agreed to sign an 800-1000 word article for the Oriental Daily News (ODN) in China. The London correspondent, John Ellison, has asked us whether the article might be included in the 25th anniversary edition of the paper on 20 January.
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I discussed this with Mike Hanson in Hong Kong. Contrary to my belief that an article in a special edition might not have the same impact, he said that the article would be published both in the special edition and in the daily as a news item, thereby increasing the impact.
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I recommend therefore that we prepare the article for the 20 January edition. We will presumably wish to have the article translated in Hong Kong before submitting it to the ODN. will probably therefore have to get it to Hong Kong on 18 January. I will check this with Chris Osborne.
4. I attach a subsequent note from John Ellison with 2 questions which he hopes the article might be able to cover on resuming the dialoge with China, and British policy after the LegCo vote on the draft legislation on constitutional
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Sara Everett
News Department