5.
JAPANESE APPEAR HERELY TO HAVE LISTENED TO THE REQUIREMENT
EURING THEIR RECENT TALKS AND HAVE NOW GONE AWAY TO CONSIDER AND
PREPARE A PRICE. THEY APPEAR TO HAVE LEFT IMPRESSION THAT THEY
VILL BE ABLE TO OFFER A PRICE, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED JONES WHETHER
THEIR ATTITUDE IN THE DISCUSSIONS REFLECTED FELL'S PREDICTIONS
IN HIS TALK WITH HADDON-CAVE BUT HE SAID THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT
TO DISENTANGLE PRECISELY WHAT THEY WERE THINKING OR PLANNING,
HE CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE INTENTION THAT THEIR NEXT VISIT
CL.E. AT THE BEGINNING OF HAY) WOULD BE THEIR LAST BEFORE THE
DECISION IN PRINCIPLE TO EXCO 1.E. THEY ARE ONLY HAVING TWO TRIPS
THE SAME AS ANYONE ELSE.
6. I AM GIVING COPIES OF EACH OF THIS LATEST SERIES OF
INCLUDING YOUR HELPFUL EXCFD 20 TO MASON AND
TELEGRAMS
CAINES ON ARRIVAL TO-HORROW. I HOPE ALSO TO GIVE THEM AN ORAL
BRIEFING EN ROUTE FROM AIRPORT. BUT NOT YET CLEAR NOW AND BETWEEN
WHOH TALKS WITH HONG KONG AUTHORITIES ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
WILL BE CONDUCTED.
AS TON.
EXCED DISTRIBUTION
HKIOD
COPIES TO:
MISS WELCH, CRE2, DTI MR L C WATSON, OPG, DTI
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