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Mr Murray
[TEXT]
Personal
Fabdoming from Murray.
Your telegram No 423 and Hong Kong telegram No 566:
Future of Hong Kong.
1. We agree that Song's remarks provide a useful
for
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on which to hang a further approach about land leases in
the New Territories.
We also agree generally with the
Copies to:-
line suggested in paragraph 3 of Hong Kong tur.
However,
we will need to obtain Ministerial authority before
sending you instructions, and this is bound to take a
little time.
have comments
the wording, could have these over the weekend I formed
if you
2. We have not yet for a view on which of the courses
set out in paragraph 1 of Hong Kong telegram 519 should
be adopted. As the Governor suggests, the Chinese
reaction to the approach now envisaged may provide a steer.
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