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MDHOAN 1290
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2131
OF 12113OZ NOVEMBER 90
HKB
431/6
(HMOCs)
LA 1990
(84
W 221/11
PERSONAL FOR PS/GH FROM PAUL, HKD
YOUR TELNO 3289: STERLING SAFEGUARDS AND COMPENSATION
ARRANGEMENTS
1.
SORRY, BUT TUR IS IN A FORM WHICH I COULD NOT SHOW THE TREASURY.
2.
THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SHOWN THEM THE CALCULATIONS
PASSED TO ME BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY ON HIS LAST VISIT TO LONDON. THAT DOCUMENT WAS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, GIVEN TO ME ON A STRICTLY PERSONAL BASIS AND I HAVE SOUGHT TO PROTECT HIS CONFIDENCE.
3.
I SUGGEST A SLIGHT REDRAFTING OF PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE TELEGRAM, WHICH WOULD OMIT ANY REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT PROPOSALS HAVE ALREADY EMANATED FROM THE HKG. YOU COULD, IF YOU WISH, FLAG UP THE EXISTENCE OF THESE PROPOSALS IN A WAY WHICH SUGGESTED THAT THEY WERE NOW BEING FAXED TO ME. UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REVISED TELEGRAM, I WOULD THEN COPY THEM MORE WIDELY, IN TIME FOR THE MEETING ON 15 NOVEMBER.
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MR MCLAREN
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