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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (PERSONAL FOR COMMISSIONER)

FOLLOWING FOR STEWART, HONG KONG AND GENERAL DEPT.

YAUMATE!.

WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING FURTHER TIMING AND TACTICS. PROVIDING THERE IS NO UNEXPECTED PROBLEM AT YOUR END, WE INTEND TO ACT AS SOON AS WE CAN. IN PRACTICAL TERMS THIS MEANS THAT D DAY WILL IF POSSIBLE BE 7 APRIL. WHILE LOOSE ENDS (BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL) SHOULD BE TIED UP BY APRIL 3RD, TO ACT THEN WOULD INVITE REACTION DURING THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY OF CHING MING ON 5 APRIL.

2.WE ARE PREPARING DETAILED PLANS TO CARRY OUT THE OPERATION AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE, WITH A VIEW :-

A. TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE CONCERNED WITHIN THE SPACE OF A FEW HOURS AT MOST

B. TO AVOID CONFRONTATIONS AND

C. PREVENT ADVANCE NEWS OF THE PLAN REACHING THE MEDIA.

3. WE ARE ALSO GIVING CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO THE WAY IN WHICH THE OPERATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AND TO INTERESTED GROUPS, E.G. THE REMAINDER OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS AND STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.

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