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Mr Tift HKGD

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MKH 02613 нки

Mr. Marrio

FEH 040/1

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THE MS.

Disummed at Land Delstead's

meety. I don't know

7 01/12

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LORD BELSTEAD'S PRESS CONFERENCE CONFERENCE

1.

Whether

any

) Mr. Roberts'

by this,

can be worked in

text, as amended

Mr Roberts's minute of 26 November. Whilst I appreciate the need for Lord Belstead to give his audience something to bite on, it is equally important to avoid drawing further unhelpful Chinese statements on the future. I therefore suggest two changes to the draft statement:

· • •

a) (para 3) after ''in government and in business change to read ''is the importance of continuity''

b) (para 4) delete ''to live a life untrammelled by

dogma and governmental interference''

29 November 1982

MGB Thum

ми

PAB Thomson

Far Eastern Dept

1 1

cc: Mr Donald

Mr Roberts (News Dept)

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