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AS POSSIBLE. YOU SHOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE NOT APPROACHED THE

PERSONS CONCERNED AS YET. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT THE CHINESE WILL

NOTICE THAT THERE IS SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR LISTS, AND WE HAVE

NO OBJECTION TO ANY OF THE NAMES ON THEIR LIST. WE DO NOT MIND

IF THE NUMBERS EXCEED 100, BUT IF THEY WISH TO CUT DOWN THE NUMBERS, WE THINK THEY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE SOME OF THE NAMES ON THEIR LIST. THEY MIGHT FIND IN SOME CASES THAT THEY HAVE NOMINATED A LESS SENIOR OFFICIAL OF AN ORGANISATION, WHERE WE HAVE NOMINATED THE MOST SENIOR OFFICIAL. THIS MAY ALLOW SCOPE

FOR CUTTING DOWN ONE OR TWO NAMES.

5. WE SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE ATTENDANCE OF PERSONAGES FROM

MACAU.

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