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BUT THEY ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE MOVED.

IT IS IMPROBABLE THAT WE

SHOULD EVER HAVE TO CONTEMPLATE SEEKING ARBITRATION AND WE

DO NOT PROPOSE TO PRESS OUR PROPOSAL.

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BRITISH AIRWAYS AND CAAC ALSO MET ON 25 MAY FOR

TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS. LITTLE WAS ACHIEVED, BECAUSE CAAC

REPRESENTATIVES, WHO WERE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE DELEGATION,

SPENT MOST OF THE TIME REPEATING THE POINTS WHICH LU HAD MADE

IN HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH ROGERS.

8.

PLEASE PASS ADVANCE TO STABLES (DOT)

CRADOCK

FILES

MAED FED

HKIGD.

[ADVANCED AS REQUESTED]

[COPIES SENT TO CAD/DOT]

LEGAL ADVISERS

MR CORTAZZI. MR BUTLER MR

MURRAY.

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