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CHATHAM HOUSE: RESEARCH STUDIES

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Please refer to your minute of 1 March to Mr Christopher

2. I agree that, for the reasons which you list, Chatham House should be firmly steered away from the idea of a research study on Hong Kong. I hope they will be open to the argument that to embark on such a study while negotations on the Territory's future continued would be highly premature and render it largely valueless.

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