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MAKE IT THEIR PROBLEM, AND THEREFORE MIGHT BE FLEXIBLE.

5.

TAYLOR SUGGESTED WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE CHINESE TO PUBLICISE IN HK, E.G. THROUGH PRESS ARTICLES, THEIR VISION OF HK'S ECONOMIC FUTURE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS EXPLAINED BY ZHOU NAN.

OR WAS THERE A BAR IN PRINCIPLE TO OUR PUTTING SUCH IDEAS TO THEM ? WE SAID NOT: THE PROBLEM OF CONFIDENCE HAD ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THEM A GOOD DEAL.

6.

ROWLANDS ASKED WHERE WAS THE ASSURANCE THAT H K PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE LIABLE TO CHINESE MILITARY SERVICE AFTER 1997. WE SAID WE COULD NOT ANSWER IMMEDIATELY, AND SUGGESTED THAT F C O MIGHT PROVIDE AN ANSWER AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S RETURN. (GRATEFUL IF

SUITABLE ACTION COULD BE TAKEN).

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