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WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER UNOFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT OUR

PLANNED APPROACHES TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

MR RENTON WILL BE BRIEFED TO PUT THEM IN THE PICTURE.

THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE

5.

WE TAKE IT FROM THE ABSENCE OF ANY REFERENCE TO THIS

ISSUE IN TUR THAT YOU FEEL (AS DO WE) THAT THIS COMPLEX MATTER IS

NOT YET RIPE TO BE DISCUSSED IN ANY DETAIL WITH MINISTERS. WE

HAVE IN ANY EVENT SUSPENDED DETAILED WORK ON THE DRAFT PAPER IN

YOUR TELNO 2816 TO AWAIT THE REVISION FORESHADOWED IN YOUR TELNO

2850. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, HOWEVER, WE PROPOSED TO BRIEF

MINISTERS TO RECALL THE SHARED PLANNING ASSUMPTION THAT A BRITISH

GOVERNOR WILL REMAIN UNTIL 1997 AND SEEK THE GENERAL VIEWS OF

UNOFFICIALS ON THE TIMING AND MANNER OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

POST OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE.

DAYA BAY

6.

ALL THREE MINISTERS WILL BE BRIEFED TO SPEAK ON DAYA BAY.

BUT PURELY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL INVOLVED WE HAVE

ENVISAGED THAT THE FULL LINE, AS WORKED OUT WITH OTHER

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, WILL BE USED BY MR RENTON. THE PRIME MINISTER AND SECRETARY OF STATE WOULD REFER TO THE ISSUE MORE

BRIEFLY, BUT OF COURSE ALONG SIMILAR LINES. UNLESS WE HEAR TO

THE CONTRARY WE SHALL ASSUME THAT YOU ARE CONTENT WITH THIS PROCEDURE. WE SHALL TELEGRAPH SEPARATELY ON THE EXCO LINE TO

TAKE BY MINISTERS.

HOWE

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HO/FED

RESEARCH DEPT (FE) DEP/HD/PUSD

PS/MR RENTON SIR W HARDING MR WILSON

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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

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