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handling of this issue in your October speech.
Meanwhile, Department have started work on sections of
a White Paper to have on the stocks in case needed at
short notice.
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On the press, Chinese are leaking copiously. We have been thinking about how to get our case across. We think best bet would be discreet background briefing of a few key journalists here: David Ford broadly agrees, but wants to discuss with you in Hong Kong first (telegrams attached).
On other issues, the Minister might mention:
His plan to visit Hong Kong in October.
The unhelpful reply from Mr Wardle on the ethnic minorities and war widows (attached).
The latest position on Sir P Cradock's memoirs, and the evidence that he has been briefing John Ellison. (We are discussing this with the Minister before the phone
call.)
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