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4. I AGREE WITH CRADOCK THAT THE NEXT APPROACH SHOULD PROBABLY BE IN PEKING. WE COULD, IN PARALLEL, TELL THE NCNA HERE ABOUT TIMING AND GENERAL CONTENT. THIS WOULD HELP TO ENSURE THAT AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE AND NECESSITY OF THE MOVE GETS TO PEXING. THE ONLY FACTOR WHICH WOULD LEAD ME TO SUGGEST A DIFFERENT FORM OF APPROACH WOULD BE IF LIAO CHENGZHIN ACTS ON HIS TENTATIVE SUGGESTION THAT HE MIGHT COME TO HONG KONG. I DO NOT PROPOSE TO PUSH THINGS BY FORMALLY INVITING HIM BUT I COULD AT LEAST ASK NCNA IF THERE WAS ANY PROSPECT OF HIM VISITING CANTON AND IF SO WHETHER AN UNOBTUSIVE MEETING COULD
SE ARRANGED. IF IT COULD BE AT ROUGHLY THE RIGHT TIME IT WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE INTEND. IN ANY CASE PEKING WOULD HAVE TO ACT WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTRY BUT SUCH AN
APPROACH MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL.
5. I AM SENDING SEPARATELY BY BAG DRAFT TEXTS OF THE LEGISLATION WE PROPOSE TO INTORDUCE HERE ON LAND LEASES, AND OF THE FORM A LEASE WOULD TAKE UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
6. SEE M. I.F.T.
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