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Thank you for your letter of 29 November conveying more detailed proposals on the briefing to be provided both for the Prime Minister's talks with Chinese leaders and for her visit to Hong Kong.

I believe that these will be acceptable to the Prime Minister and should be grateful if the necessary briefing could be prepared by departments concerned. It is very important that the deadlines for the draft speeches should be maintained; indeed, if it were possible to bring them forward to the evening of 7 December, it would be very helpful.

I am copying this letter to Callum McCarthy (Department of Trade and Industry), Michael Reidy (Department of Energy) and Richard Hatfield (Cabinet Office).

incerely, Rus Runell

C. D. POWELL

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 10 DEC 1984

P. F, Ricketts, Esq.,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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