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SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER VIEWS FROM YOU AND PEKING DESKBY 200900Z, WE SHALL THEN SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSALS TO MINISTERS FOR CLEARANCE BEFORE THEY ARE PASSED TO THE CHINESE. WE ARE UNSURE WHETHER YOU ENVISAGE RE-SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSALS TO EXCO (YOUR TELNO 1808), BUT WOULD SEE NO OBJECTION TO YOUR DOING SO IN PARALLEL WITH OUR CONSULTING MINISTERS.

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ON YOUR SUGGESTION (PARA 11 OF YOUR TELNO 1868) THAT EXPERT TALKS BE HELD BEFORE JLGVII, WE ARE OF COURSE PREPARED TO HOLD THIS OPTION OPEN AND WILL DO ALL WE CAN HERE TO FACILITATE IT. BUT THE CHINESE MAY NEED SOME TIME TO DIGEST OUR PROPOSALS: OR THEY MIGHT PREFER THAT GENERAL DISCUSSION AT THE JLG SHOULD PRECEDE EXPERT TALKS.

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