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OUR TELNO 2505: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT

1.

MIFT CONTAINS A FIRST DRAFT OF SECTION C,

IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE JOINT DECLARATION. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 12093OZ.

2.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

GET THOSE PARTS OF THE REPORT YOU ARE DRAFTING TO US BY THE

AGREED DATE OF 17 DECEMBER (EXCEPT FOR THE SECTIONS ON

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND DAYA BAY WHICH YOU WILL BE

TELEGRAPHING). ONCE WE HAVE ASSEMBLED ALL THE ELEMENTS WE WILL

DRAFT AN INTRODUCTION AND A CONCLUSION WHICH WE WILL TELEGRAPH TO

YOU FOR COMMENTS (WE WILL ALSO TELEGRAPH ANY COMMENTS ON THE

DRAFT SECTIONS YOU SEND US). THERE WILL CLEARLY ALSO BE A NEED

FOR AN ADDITIONAL BRIEF PASSAGE ON THE DEATH OF SIR E YOUDE,

WHICH WE SUGGEST SHOULD COME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INTRODUCTION,

OR PERHAPS FORM PART OF THE INTRODUCTION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO

THE FIRST DRAFT?

3.

IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WE WOULD LIKE TO AGREE A COMPLETE

DRAFT TEXT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WE WOULD BE PREPARED, HOWEVER, TO

PUT THE TARGET BACK IF MORE PRESSING MATTERS INTERVENE IN THE

MEANTIME.

HOWE

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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISER

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RESEARCH DEPT (FE)

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PS/MR RENTON

MR GILLMORE

MR WILSON

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