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Dear hawrence,

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13 February 1969.

OFDO ( DR ) ( 69)1

We accept the Treasury's view that the words "and which are in any case equivalent to only one and

a half times China's annual earnings of foreign exchange through Hong Kong" should be deleted from the last

sentance of paragraph 77 (Steel's letter to me of 10 February).

H. L. LAWRENCE-WILSON, ESQ.,

CABINET OFFICE.

Jours

الاسود

(8 d.)

(J. 0. Mozeton)

Copies to:

R. H. J. STEEL, ESQ., TREASURY

AIR COMMODORE F. B. SOWREY, CB, CBE, AFC, RAF,

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.

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