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Mr Paul, HKD

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Action Taken

Foreign Affairs Committee: Report on Hong Kong: Government Response

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The Secretary of State has seen Ms Marsden's submission of 4 May. He has agreed that the Government response to the Foreign Affairs Committee Report can be published if Mr Maude is content.

He would, however, like to leave out some of the details from paragraph 29 (as marked) in order not to convey the impression that the problem with VBPS has gone.

away.

10 May 1990

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PS/Mr Maude PS/PUS

Mr McLaren

Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers

Mr Colvin, SEAD

Mr Davies, FED

Mr Whitehead, News Dept

Miss Bailey, PRU

Special Advisers (2)

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(S L Gass)

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