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293 Gov.
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Mr. Sidebotham
1. We have briefly discussed (293), which is the reply to paragraph 2 of (283/4).
2. The Governor holds to his view expressed in (281) that we should take the case to the International Court
prefering the risk of losing the case there to a compromise solution. Ιη paragraph 7 are his proposals for making the best of a bad job if we should lose at Court (they appear less favourable to Hong Kong that, say, the Consulate-
General
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