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6. WE HAVE HAD NO REACTIONS TO THE REFERENCE IN THE GOVERNORS

ADDRESS TO THE CURRENT SESSION OF LEGCO TO THE NEED TO ACHIEVE

· LOCAL PSATIHON IN THE POLICE FORCE AT A FASTER RATE THAN HITHERTO.

HT COULD THEREFORE BE OF LESS SENSKTIVITY THAN THE QUESTION OF

AN INTERNAL SECURITY FORCE AND THERE IS AN ARGUMENT FOR DEALING WITH

THIS POINT SEPARATELY, E.G. IN THE MARGINS OF THE MARCH JOHNT

LIAISON GROUP. ON BALANCE, HOWEVER, SEE ADVANTAGE IN GETTING ALL

OUR MAIN POINTS ABOUT THE FUTURE PATTERN OF INTERNAL SECURITY ON

THE TABLE TOGETHER. AGAIN, THE EXCO DISCUSSION ON LOCALISATION

(ALSO ON 7 JANUARY) SHOULD GIVE SUFFICIENT COVER FOR WHAT WE NEED

TO SAY. WILL TELEGRAPH THE OUTCOME.

7. YOU MAY FIND MT USEFUL TO HAVE A DRAFT OF THE LINE WHICH, SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENTS 'N EXCO, MRRENTON MIGHT WISH TO TAKE ON THIS CLUTCH OF SUBJECTS IN PEKING. YOU AND HMA HIN PEKING WILL HAVE VIEWS ON

WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE DONE IN THE TALKS WITH ZHOU NAN: IN AN

INTERVIEW WITH WU XUEQIAN (YOUR TELNO 1088 TO PEKING): OR INFORMALLY,

E.G. AT A DINNER (AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE HANDLED THESE ISSUES

WITH WU ON HIS VISKTS TO PEKING IN 1984).

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