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HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR

YOUR TELNOS 229 AND 230: 1987 REVIEW STRATEGY PAPER: DRAFT MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE

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WE HAVE ONLY ONE COMMENT ON THE DRAFT MESSAGE IN SECOND TUR. WE SUGGEST SOME SHADING OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH 3 ON THE LINES OF QUOTE 'OUR DECISIONS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER CAREFUL REFLECTION AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE VIEWS WHICH ARE

EXPRESSED'' UNQUOTE.

2. ON THE TIMING OF THE FIRST OF THE PROPOSED MEETINGS BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU XUEQIAN (FIRST TUR), WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD AIM FOR THE EARLIEST DATE DURING WU'S WESTERN EUROPEAN TOUR

WHICH THOSE INVOLVED IN BOTH THAT MEETING AND JLG V CAN MANAGE.

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