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1.

Sir Murray Maclehose talked to me this morning about

preparations for the Secretary of State's visit.

2.

I told him that I thought it would be useful:-

if he could let us have a "think

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(b)

(c)

piece" despatch shortly after his

return to Hong Kong in January but

soon enough thereafter for him to

write it against the background of

his talks and impressions gained in

London rather than the background

of Hong Kong itself, addressed to

"whither Hong Kong?"

for him and Mr Youde to see first in

draft any paper that might be being

written in London about Hong Kong

so that they could comment on it.

(I hope the Department will arrange

this.)

for us then to consider, in the light

of anything he had written and we

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