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SOMETHING ELSE BEHIND THE SCENES. I DOUBT IF THERE WOULD BE MUCH GENERAL PUBLIC SYMPATHY FOR MASS RESIGNATIONS FROM LEGCO.
9. ALL OF THE ABOVE IS POSITED ON WHAT WILL, I HOPE, PROVE TO BE UNLIKELY SCENARIOS. WE WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT OCCUR. BARRING AGAIN SOME VERY UNLIKELY DECISION ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HEAD OFF DRAMATIC AND IMMEDIATE RESIGNATIONS.
HEADING OFF RESIGNATIONS MIGHT INVOLVE SPECIAL VISITS TO LONDON AND MEETINGS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND PRIME MINISTER .
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10. I DO NOT/NOT THINK IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WOULD GET DRAMATIC RESIGNATIONS IF THE CHINESE AGREED THE PROPOSALS IN YOUR TELNO 48 TO PEKING ALTHOUGH SOME MEMBERS OF LEGCO WOULD NO DOUBT CRY FOUL.
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