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Mr Holmes

Private Office

1.

Никоклю

CABINET : FUTURE BUSINESS

FROM:

A C Galsworthy

DATE:

27 March 1985

75

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cc:

Dr Wilson

Sir W Harding

PS/Mr Luce

1. Your minute of 13 March refers.

2.

The most likely item of future business from this Department is:

(a)

Subject. Joint Liaison Group (might need reference to

Cabinet Committee if, as expected, the Chinese resist

our proposal for a Hong Kong Chinese BDTC member on our

team, and we

are unable to reach a compromise

acceptable to the Executive Council in Hong Kong).

(b)

Likely to come up in April/ May.

(c)

OD (K)

3. A second possibility is:

(a) Subject. Strength of the Hong Kong garrison.

(b)

May/June.

(c) OD (K).

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