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WOULD NOT ACCEDE TO ALL THREE REQUESTS). HE SAID NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO MS LAU TO SUGGEST THAT SOME EXCO
MEMBERS HAD ADVISED LONDON THAT IF TWO OF THE THREE
DEMANDS OVER NATIONALITY WERE CONCEDED THIS WOULD BE
ENOUGH AND THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED. IT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN QUITE CLEAR TO MS LAU THAT NO SUCH ADVICE HAD
BEEN OFFERED TO LONDON BY EXCO MEMBERS, EITHER
COLLECTIVELY OR INDIVIDUALLY.
WE NOTE MOREOVER THAT MS LAU EXPLICITLY ATTRIBUTED HER
INFORMATION TO QUOTE A SOURCE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE
UNQUOTE. THIS WAS ITSELF A BREACH OF THE TERMS ON WHICH
MR RENTON HAD GIVEN HIS INTERVIEW, WHICH WERE THAT HIS
REMARKS WERE UNATTRIBUTABLE AND SHOULD NOT BE SOURCED
MORE DIRECTLY THAN TO QUOTE THE LONDON VIEW UNQUOTE.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW MS LAU'S REACTION IN DUE
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