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BEFORE ANY FURTHER AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE TO PUT THE NEW AGREEMENT TO EXCO ON 24 OCTOBER. ASSUMING THEY ARE CONTENT WE WILL NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO EXCHANGE THE NOTES SO THAT THE FUNDS MAY BE SPENT WELL BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
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THE SECOND, EQUALLY IMPORTANT, REASON FOR HASTE IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TO BE ABLE TO REFER TO THE IMMINENT SIGNATURE OF THE AGREEMENT DURING HIS VISIT ON 3-5
NOVEMBER.
WITH THE FIRST AGREEMENT YOU AGREED THAT THERE WAS NO REASON
TO CONSULT THE CHINESE BUT THAT THEY SHOULD BE INFORMED (YOUR
TELNO 1113 OF 21 APRIL 1987 REFERS).
SINCE,
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B)
THERE ARE NO IMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM THE AGREEMENT POST- 1997: AND
WE TOLD THE CHINESE THAT FURTHER AGREEMENTS MIGHT FOLLOW IN DUE COURSE (OUR TELNO 2501), WE DO NOT (NOT) PROPOSE THAT PEKING SHOULD SPEAK TO THE CHINESE ON THIS OCCASION.
7. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE HAPPY WITH OUR PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION BY 14 OCTOBER.
WILSON
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