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FUTURE EGRET

FM HONG KONG 14095OZ NOV 84

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Action Taken

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FOR GALSWORTHY HKD FROM GOVERNOR.

FCO TELNO 2248: FUTURE EGRET: PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN HONG KONG.

1. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S

HONG KONG SPEECH, AND WILL AIM TO TELEGRAPH A FIRST DRAFT AROUND

THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

2. I ASSUME THAT YOU OR THE EMBASSY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

DRAFTING THE TWO SPEECHES WHICH WILL BE NEEDED IN PEKING (FOR THE

SIGNATURE CEREMONY AND FOR THE BANQUET). WE WOULD HOWEVER WISH TO

HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AT AN EARLY STAGE.

YOUDE

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HD/HKD HD/FED

MR WILSON

COPIES TO:-

SIR P CRADOCK

MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS

ME BURROWS

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LEGAL ADVISERS