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FM HONG KONG 050452Z SEP 84

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2653 OF 5 SEPTEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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YOUR TELSNOS. 1688 AND 1689 AND MY TELNO. 2559. FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WHITE PAPER.

1. IF WE ARE TO MEET OUR OBJECTIVE OF HAVING THE HONG KONG VERSION OF THE WHITE PAPER READY FOR PUBLICATION ON INITIALLING DAY, THE TRANSLATORS WILL NEED TO BEGIN WORK ON THE DRAFT TEXT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IF ONLY TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE TERMINOLOGY. THIS WOULD ALSO ENABLE US TO GET A TEXT ON TO OUR WORD PROCESSORS. WE ASSUME YOU ARE REVISING THE TEXT IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMMENTS FROM HERE AND FROM PEKING. GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE A REVISED DRAFT DESKBY 07010OZ.

2. INCIDENTALLY, WE HAVE NOT (NOT) YET RECEIVED THE BOOKLET PUBLISHED AT THE TIME OF BRITAIN'S ACCESSION TO THE EC (PARA 2 OF YOUR FIRST TUR). GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHEN THIS WAS DESPATCHED AND TO WHOM IT WAS ADDRESSED.

YOUDE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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SIR P CRADOCK

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SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING ST.

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