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3.
WE HOPE THAT THE AMBASSADOR IN PEKING WILL FIND THE ABOVE USEFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR HIS MEETING WITH CHEN.
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4. HE MIGHT ALSO WISH TO NOTE THAT IN THE COURSE OF THE PROTRACTED DISCUSSIONS ON THIS QUESTION AT THE LAST ROUND OF TALKS TO TEST THE REACTIONS OF THE GUANGDONG SIDE, WE HAD TENTATIVELY PUT FORWARD AN ALTERNATIVE TEXT WHICH SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION SPECIFIED BY THE GUANGDONG SIDE. A COPY FOLLOWS BY FAX. THIS COUNTER-PROPOSAL IS UNSATISFACTORY. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE GAUNDGONG SIDE AT THE MEETING. BUT THEY MIGHT STILL TRY TO HOLD US TO IT. IF THIS IS RAISED BY CHEN, THE AMBASSADOR MIGHT POINT OUT THAT OUR COUNTER-PROPOSAL WAS PUT FORWARD AT THE TIME FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION AND THAT WE MADE CLEAR AT
THE MEETING THAT WE NEEDED TO FURTHER CONSULT OUR INTERNATIONAL
LAW EXPERTS.
FORD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
.HK POLICY
65
DISTRIBUTION
74
NTCD
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)
CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
PS NO 10.
DTI//ASH//MR M DAY
D/ENERGY//MR AGRELL
PS/NO 10.
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