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HONG KONG TELNO 250 TO YOU: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT:

INTERPRETATION

1. WE WOULD FAVOUR USING Y P CHENG AS INTERPRETER SO LONG AS, IN YOUR VIEW, THE UNDOUBTED ADVANTAGE OF IMPROVED COMM- UNICATION WOULD NOT BE OUTWEIGHED BY THE POTENTIAL DIS- ADVANTAGE VIS A VIS CHINESE THAT A HONG KONG CHINESE WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DISCUSSIONS.

HONG KONG TUR GIVES AS YOUR VIEW

THAT THE CHINESE WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO OBJECT. WE SHOULD WEL-

COME YOUR EARLY CONFIRMATION OF THIS POINT.

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