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MANAGED CENTRES COULD BE WORKED OUT.
IN BERMUDA. YOU ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE DIVIDED VIEWS IN WASHINGTON AND THAT YOU YOURSELF HAD BEEN THE MAIN STUMBLING
WE HAD BLOCK. I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE REASON FOR THIS. HOPED LAST YEAR THAT THE INFLOW INTO HONG KONG HAD BEEN CHECKED SO THAT FURTHER DRASTIC MEASURES WOULD NOT BE NEEDED. SADLY THAT PAUSE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE ILLUSORY AND WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF A CRISIS IN HONG KONG AFFECTING PUBLIC ORDER AND CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. DOUGLAS HURD RECENTLY DISCUSSED THE ISSUE WITH LARRY EAGLEBURGER AND HIS COLLEAGUES AT STATE. IT WAS HIS IMPRESSION THAT IN THE LIGHT OF KURDISH AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. THE APPROACH BASED ON INTERNATIONALLY MANAGED
I THEREFORE VERY MUCH CENTRES IS BEGINNING TO ATTRACT SUPPORT.
HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE THE IDEA. OR AT LEAST FURTHER URGENT STUDY OF IT. A QREEN LIGHT SO THAT THIS PROBLEM. WHICH CAUSES US ALL SO MUCH GRIEF AND TROUBLE. CAN AT LAST BE EFFECTIVELY TACKLED. THE ALTERNATIVES ARE TOO GRIM TO CONTEMPLATE. ENDS
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2. WE ASSUME THAT THE MESSAGE WILL BE PASSED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THAT SECRETARY BAKER WILL SEE IT BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 20 MAY..IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS ANY RISK OF THIS NOT HAPPENING. YOU MAY WISH TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS.
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