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BUT HIS RESPONSE WAS NOT NEGATIVE AND HE SHOWED PARTICULAR
APPRECIATION FOR THE FACT THAT THE ACTION PROPOSED WAS DESIGNED
NOT TO CONFLICT WITH CHINA'S VIEW OF HONG KONG,
I THINK THE REACTION FROM THE CHINESE SO FAR IS AS GOOD
AS WE COULD REASONABLY EXPECT, THEY HAVE HAD TIME, AS THEY THEMSELVES ADMIT, TO FORM A PRELIMINARY VIEW. THERE IS NO
SUGGESTION THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY RULED OUT OF COURT THE
ACTION WE PROPOSE. UNDERSTANDABLY THEY WANT TO TAKE THEIR
TIME IN STUDYING ALL THE IMPLICATIONS. THE FACT THAT THEY
MAVE NOW UNDERTAKEN TO GIVE US A REACTION DURING AUGUST (ALTHOUGH WE HAD NOT SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR ANY RESPONSE)
MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN SILENCE TO GO ON BEFORE
DECIDING FINALLY ON WHETHER TO GO AHEAD.
MACLEHOSE
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