TNAG-0850-FCO40-1060-Future-of-Hong-Kong-New-Territories-leases-1979 — Page 145

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PS:

This letter only covers the two most obvious eventualities, ie:-

that the Chinese say nothing before mid- September, or

a)

b)

that they come up with what amounts to acquiescence in time for a statement to be included in my LegCo speech.

There is of course another and really quite likely possibility that they come back at us with comments and enquiries before mid-September. we would need to play it by ear.

In this case

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