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DENMAN thought the USA could not be in the dark the the position & HK & LAMB felt it would be mourire to try to give the USA a more farmable

theter to give

farmable imprlosion of attitude than was.- fact the case. Honeer, MR BOTTOMLEY said the us needed to be told, so they could not contine to pretend to be in the dark. The US should be cultrated

the working grap

frist. More would be known after

at Bouwels met on the 26th

of

He then tumed to the matter I exte exerting

HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL PRESSURE.

LAMB said the ultimate decision would be taken in the White House, BEITEN felt that while the US position could be better, it would have been

hase Вопомску

arked LAMB to press in the event ganegative decision by the Resident for this to be kept as quiet as prosible- COMPORTAWAITE suggested the prosentility gasmall party going from HK to Brussels in JAN / FEB 1971,

JAN/FEB but IHANNAY felt that Dahendorf's cat ist / HK

was

onffrient.

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