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TELNO 22
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IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNOS
WHITE PAPER
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10 AND MY TELNO 15: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT:
OUR
1. OUR TWO IFTS CONTAIN OUR COMMENTS ON YOUR TELNOS 5 AND 10,
CONTAINING YOUR DRAFT CHAPTERS III AND VIII OF THE WHITE PAPER. AS INDICATED IN PARA 2 OF OUR TELNO 15, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE THAT HE SHOULD CIRCULATE THESE REVISED DRAFTS TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTERIAL COLLEAGUES IN ADVANCE OF CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER AS A WHOLE. AIM IS TO SECURE THE PRIME MINISTER'S APPROVAL IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER RETURN FROM AFRICA. IN VIEW OF THE LACK OF TIME BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN, WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN OUR TWO IFTS INTO THE DRAFTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, INDICATING THAT THE TEXTS MAY STILL BE SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF FURTHER EXCHANGES WITH YOU. 2. THE TEXT OF THE TWO DRAFTS WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO BE COMBINED INTO A SINGLE DRAFT, AND REFERENCES TO THE WHITE PAPER REMOVED, IN THE PAPER WHICH WE EVENTUALLY PREPARE FOR HANDING TO
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