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wished to say more in his opening statement about the timetable.
your minute of 9 May about the future of Hong Kong and the test of acceptability you noted that the Secretary wondered whether we went
far enough in a formula which I had proposed
I have enlarged a little on both these points in the
draft. If we went any further I think we could run certain risks.
The second point runs could possibly
attract criticism from the Chinese that we are breaching the
confidentiality of the talks.
Sir P Cradock is absent from the Office and I have been unable
to clear these drafts with him. He may wish to send his comments separately.
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