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REPEATED FOR INFO TO HONG KONG

HONG KONG TEL N 0 582: FUTURE OF HONG KONG:

VISIT OF SENIOR UNOFFICIAL TO LONDON.

1. I ASSUME THAT IN THE PROPOSED NEWS DEPARTMENT BRIEFING. AT THE END OF PARA 3 OF TUR THE WORDS AGREED OBJECTIVES** REFER TO THE OBJECTIVES CONTAINED IN THE JOINT COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING RATHER THAN THE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES

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YURURE OF BONG KONG

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