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YOUR TELNO 695 TO HONG KONG : FAC ENQUIRY: BRIEFING FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
1. WE HAVE ONLY THE FOLLOWING MINOR COMMENTS ON THE BRIEFING FAXED
TO US ON 19 AND 20 MARCH:
(A)
(B) FAX PAGE 56, QUOTE REASONS FOR 1984 REVIEW QUES UNQUOTE. SECOND TIRET SHOULD END QUOTE PUBLISHED JULY 1984 UNQUOTE.
(C) FAX PAGE 104, QUOTE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG SAR AFTER 1997 QUES UNQUOTE, SECOND TIRET, LINE 4: THIS STATES THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED BY HONG KONG INTERESTS IN GUANGDONG. ANTEPENULTIMATE TIRET ON FAX PAGE 107 STATES THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY HONG KONG BUSINESS. THIS INCONSISTENCY SHOULD BE RECTIFIED.
(D) FAXED PAGE 106, QUOTE PRESENT LEVEL OF CHINESE ACTIVITY IN HONG KONG QUES UNQUOTE, SECOND TIRET, FIRST SUB-TIRET : THIS SHOULD END QUOTE .. IN LATE 1987 UNQUOTE.
(E) FAXED PAGE 108, QUOTE CHINESE ATTITUDE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, ETC UNQUOTE, FINAL TIRET, LAST LINE : QUOTE PRACTICAL UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE PRACTISED UNQUOTE.
2. WE SUGGEST, HOWEVER, A FURTHER CAREFUL PROOF-READING OF THE WHOLE TEXT: WE HAVE SPOTTED A NUMBER OF MINOR SPELLING MISTAKES AND SO ON.
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