TNAG-1852-FCO40-2627-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 9

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Re-submitted.

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Мерашнио

M.

Thank

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you for early sight of this, M. Maude would like the same material reworked into the form of Objectives, plus essential points to get across

PS/Mr Maude

any

FROM: A R Paul

01 DEC 1989

RM8/12.

Hong Kong Department

DATE: 1 December 1989

CC:

across as short or possible.

Gratful y you could

re subunt on

Monday 11 Dec

Mr McLaren

Mr Edwards, Legal Advisers

Browa 4/12

FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: MR MAUDE'S EVIDENCE ON HONG KONG,

13 DECEMBER

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C

1.

I submit a first draft of points to make and background material

for Mr Maude's appearance before the Foreign Affairs Committee on

13 December. Mr Maude will be giving follow up evidence on the Government's interim reply to the Committee's Hong Kong Report and

evidence on the provision for Vietnamese boat people in the Winter Supplementary Estimates.

2.

We will revise the briefing next week to take account of Mr

Maude's views on format etc. We will also provide further briefing

on Vietnamese boat people in the light of developments next week.

3. The Committee Clerk will let us have an indication of the line

of questioning on Monday 11 December. We can cover those and other

points at the briefing meeting to be held before 13 December.

AR Panc

HKB

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A R Paul

NABABD

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