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Tel. 956

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-

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