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5.
IT WAS LEFT THAT I WOULD SUBMIT THIS DRAFT STATEMENT
TO YOU AND INFORM MR BAC IF POSSIBLE TOMORROW WHETHER IT
WAS ACCEPTABLE. IF IT WAS NOT MR BAC WOULD LIKE TO·
RECEIVE A BRITISH GOVERNMENT VERSION OF THE STATEMENT
THEY WOULD WISH HIM TO MAKE, WHICH HE WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE PRIME MINISTER, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
INSTRUCTIONS.
6.
NO DOUBT HONG KONG WILL WISH TO COMMENT.
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SINCE I SAW MR BAC AFTER HE HAD SPENT ACCORDING
TO HIS OWN ACCOUNT, TWO HOURS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, ! ASSUME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS REEN DISCUSSED WITH THE LATTER.
I ALSO PUT IT TO MR BAC THAT WHEN HE MADE THIS STATEMENT HE WAS SURE TO BE ASKED DIFFICULT QUESTIONS BY THE PRESS
ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE ASSURANCES. HE SAID THAT HE COULD COPE
WITH THEM.
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PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS
PS/MR HATTERSLEY
PS/PUS
SIR D WATSON
MR WILFORD
MR MALE
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