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for nationality questions) will be in London next week for Defence Costs talks, I propose to put him in the picture and get a view on how we can best help the Governor to put the situation over to EXCO. Mr Davies will, incidentally, be

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seeing Mr Woodfield next week to discuss Vietnamese refugees, we like i

but I doubt whether it would be appropriate for him to raise the question of nationality at that meeting.

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7. We will obviously need to look very carefully at the question of advance warning on the contents of the White Paper for OAGS in Dependent Territories. The problem is not confined to Hong Kong.

M-Times Head & N+TD. who returns today 16/6 youare on this point. You are

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play ball with the Home office on brieffing Exco.

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