TNAG-1243-FCO40-1557-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 161

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DISPELLED EVEN IF A VISIT BY INVINCIBLE WAS SELF-EVIDENTLY FOR REPAIRS. THEY COULD EVEN BE COMPOUNDED IF THE CHINESE CHOSE TO INTERPRET SUCH A VISIT, HOWEVER IMPLAUSIBLY, AS THE FRUITS OF A LONG STANDING PLAN TO BRING ALL THE COMPONENTS OF THE TASK GROUP INTO HONG KONG DESPITE PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO THE CONTRARY. A VISIT BY INVINCIBLE, EVEN FOR REPAIRS, WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN PROFILE. THE RISK OF MISREPRESENTATION BY THE CHINESE WAS ONE WHICH WE SHOULD NOT RUN IN CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. OUR MINISTERS WOULD BE MOST UNLIKELY TO CHANGE THE VIEW WHICH THEY HAD

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5. WE APOLOGISE FOR THE HYPOTHETICAL NATURE OF THIS QUESTION. WE WOULD NONETHELESS BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOUR REACTIONS, DESKBY 01093OZ, TO THE SCENARIO SET OUT ABOVE.

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