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YOUR TELNO 133 AND PEKING TELNO 053: 1987 REVIEW:

PUBLICATION OF GREEN PAPER

1. THANK YOU. WE ARE SUBMITTING ACCORDINGLY.

2. IN THE LINE TO TAKE WHICH WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE NEW

GOVERNOR WE ARE REFERRING TO PAST STATEMENTS BY HKG THAT THE

GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN QUOTE APRIL OR MAY UNQUOTE.

IS THIS THE MOST ACCURATE FORMULATION? IT WOULD BE HELPFUL

IF YOU COULD LET US HAVE A BRIEF LIST OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE

STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE QUESTION IN HONG KONG,

TOGETHER WITH THE EXACT WORDS USED ON TIMING IN EACH CASE.

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