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PEOPLE PUBLICLY THAT WE HAD BEEN AWARE OF THEIR CONCERNS AND HAD URGED THE CHINESE SIDE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THEM.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE LETTER MIGHT ALSO COVER A COPY OF THE OVERALL CRITIQUE, ON WHICH FIFOOT IS WORKING.
THIS LETTER WILL OF COURSE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFULLY DRAFTED. THE POINT ABOUT ACTION WE MAY NEED TO TAKE PUBLICLY WOULD BE INTENDED NOT AS A THREAT BUT AS AN INDICATION OF THE PRESSURE WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES UNDER AND TO WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO RESPOND. THIS POINT MIGHT BETTER BE MADE IN THE SPEAKING NOTES FOR HANDING OVER A LETTER RATHER THAN IN THE LETTER ITSELF.
5. WE INTEND TO SUBMIT TO MINISTERS EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THE GENERAL STRATEGY OUTLINED ABOVE. WE SHALL THEN CONSULT YOU ON THE TERMS OF A DRAFT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE END OF THE MONTH. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS AT THIS STAGE.
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