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YOUR TELNO 1680 AND PEKING TELNO 961:"

SIR S Y CHUNG

1.

PLEASE TELL SIR S Y CHUNG THE SECRETARY OF STATE REGRETS

THAT HE WILL NOT AFTER ALL BE ABLE TO SEE HIM ON 10 JUNE, AS HE

NOW HAS TO BE IN PARIS ON THAT DAY.

2.

WE STRONGLY SUPPORT ALL THE SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE ALREADY

MADE TO SIR S Y ABOUT THE OUTLINE SPEECH. WE HOPE HE HAS ALREADY

TAKEN THEM ON BOARD. IF YOU FEEL YOU COULD ASK HIM TO AMEND IT

FURTHER WITHOUT PROVOKING A STRONG REACTION, WE HAVE THE

FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS:

PARA 5. WE WOULD MUCH PREFER THE LAST PHRASE TO BE DELETED. THE

REFERENCE TO THE VISIT BY A UMELCO DELEGATION TO PEKING IN 1984

HAS UNHAPPY OVERTONES, GIVEN THE PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT OF DENG

XIAOPING AND THE CONTINUING CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE STATUS OF

UMELCO IN CHINESE EYES.

PARA 11. WE WOULD PREFER THE WHOLE OF THE LAST PHRASE (FROM

'REASONS') TO BE DELETED. IT WOULD BE HARD FOR SIR S Y TO REFER

TO THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF HONG KONG PEOPLE IN CHINA AS

A SOURCE OF ANXIETY ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE WITHOUT GIVING

OFFENCE TO THE CHINESE. PERHAPS HE WOULD BE WILLING TO RESTRICT

HIMSELF TO A GENERAL REFERENCE TO ANXIETIES AND UNCERTAINTIES,

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