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whether the Court's claim did in fact have any basis in law. Shi looked rather sheepish and said that the Court's letter to the MFA had not gone into this sort of detail. He said that he would approach them again. I said that this would be very welcome although I saw no particular need to go back to the Guangdong Maritime Court: was surely something on which the MFA's or other government departments' lawyers in Peking could advise

Shi agreed

this

and, after I had once again explained the substance of our concerns to him, undertook to do some more research and come up with an answer.

4.

I shall give Shi a few weeks to pursue his enquiries further and will then ask again whether he has made any progress.

CC:

C T Wood Esq HKD, FCO

RF Wye Esq FED, FCO

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CO Pigott