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TO DESKBY 0603OOZ SINGAPORE
TELNO MISC 81
OF 060135Z JULY 93
AND TO DESKBY 06020OZ HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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033177
021/1MDHIAN 7668
RECUR KE
1993
FOLOWING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR PS/GH
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FCO TELNO 139 TO SINGAPORE: SECRETARY OF STATE'S SPEECH IN SINGAPORE: HONG KONG
1.
ONE SMALL POINT ON THE DRAFT PASSAGE IN TUR: THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT PREFER TO SAY THAT MOST OF THE 'GROUND WORK IN THE HONG KONG TALKS HAS NOW BEEN DONE, RATHER THAN MOST OF THE ''PREPARATORY WORK''. (THE LATTER IMPLIES THAT THE SEVEN ROUNDS SO FAR HAVE SEEN ONLY A PRELIMINARY LEVEL OF DISCUSSION TRUE ENOUGH BUT NOT AN IMPRESSION WHICH WE HAVE HITHERTO WISHED TO CONVEY PUBLICLY).
2.
THE CHINESE WOULD NOT LIKE THE REFERENCE TO PROGRESS HAVING BEEN SLOW, BUT WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE FROM CALLING THIS SPADE A SPADE.
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