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FM HONG KONG 180913Z SEPTEMBER 8Ø

TO ROUTINE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 247 OF 18 SEPTEMBER

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HKCK 182/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 5 SEP 1980

DESK OFFICER

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£25.9.1 Aw269

YOUR TELNO 86: REPLACEMENT FOR KAI TAK

THANK YOU FOR THESE COMMENTS.

2. YOUR PARA 3: SIR S Y CHUNG WAS FULLY BRIEFED BY AN EXCO PAPER WHICH COVERED ALL THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST SITING AN AIRPORT IN CHINA, EXCEPT THOSE CONCERNING THE

CHICAGO CONVENTION. MY TELNO 1173 WAS ESSENTIALLY A

SLIGHTLY SHORTENED VERSION OF THE EXCO PAPER.

MACLEHOSE

LIMITED

HK & GD

MAED

FED

SIR E YOUDE

MR DONALD

MR BRAITHWAITE

(THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

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