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any ay with the administration of Hong Kong. It gould

give quite a false impression in Hong Kong if Sir Y K

were to play a part at the signature and could not be understood there.

Sir Geoffrey Howe therefore believes that we should seek

to discourage Sir Y K Pao from pursuing this idea and

that we should instruct HM Ambassador Peking to tell the

(they have not done so so far) Chinese, if they were

to propose it, that to invite

Sir Y K would be liable to be misunderstood in Hong Kong.

I attach a draft telegram which, if the Prime Minister

agrees, will be sent to Peking and Kong Kong.

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