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EXCLUDE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE UK DELEGATION. THE LATTER WOULD CONSTITUTE QUITE UNACCEPTABLE INTERFERENCE IN
THE PRIME MINISTER'S FREEDOM TO DETERMINE THE COMPOSITION OF THE
UK DELEGATION. IT WOULD ALSO BE A DEPARTURE FROM THE PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED BY THE INITIALLING CEREMONY, WHEN MATTHEWS WAS PRESENT IN ADDITION TO THE POLITICAL ADVISER (OTHER HONG KONG MEMBERS
OF THE WORKING AND AD HOC GROUPS HAD ALREADY LEFT PEKING BY THAT
TIME).
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD <- HD IP ROTOCOLD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER) PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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