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Looking beyond June 1997, we might bear in mind the
observation of that great pioneer, John Samuel Swire, who
remarked in 1878 after the resolution of a dispute over
Yangtse shipping: "We must all go to bed together now,
celestials and terrestrials".
I am sending copies of this despatch and its two Annexes to the Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen; to His Royal
Highness The Prince of Wales; to the Governor of Hong Kong;
the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and the Public
Service; the Minister for Trade; Sir Nigel Wicks; the
Ambassador in Peking; the Commander British Forces Hong Kong;
the Head of the Joint Directorate, who shared the Aden
experience; the Senior British Representative on the Joint Liaison Group, and to my good and hard-pressed colleague in Taiwan, Mr Morrice.
I am Sir
Yours faithfully
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