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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR (VISITING) FROM PAUL, HKD
YOUR TELNO 211: YOUR VISIT TO PEKING:PADS
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1. AS YOU WILL APPRECIATE, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSULT LORD CAITHNESS IN THE TIME AVAILABLE AND COULD NOT DO SO UNTIL MID MORNING (LONDON TIME) ON MONDAY 21 JANUARY.
2. MY OWN VIEW CAND THAT OF ROBIN MCLAREN, TO WHOM I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT TUR) IS THAT THE FALLBACK DESCRIBED IN PAR 2(G) TO (J) WOULD CERTAINLY BE WORTH TRYING IF THERE WERE NO OTHER POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS. THE TACTICS AND PRESENTATION OF SUCH A FALLBACK PROPOSAL ARE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO JUDGE. BUT IT OCCURED TO US THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME TACTICAL ADVANTAGE IN PRESENTING THE IDEA NOT SO MUCH AS A TWO STAGE APPROACH, BUT RATHER AS A SLIMMED DOWN PROJECT, WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF CHINESE VIEWS, WHICH COULD BE COMPLETED BY 1997, AND WHICH COULD BE FURTHER DEVELOPED AFTER 1997 IF THE CHINESE WERE AGREEABLE.
3. WE ALSO WONDER WHETHER IT MIGHT NOT BE BETTER TO PLACE LESS EMPHASIS ON ABANDONING'' PARTS OF THE PROJECT (PARA 2(H) OF TUR). THE POINT MIGHT RATHER BE CONVEYED BY TELLING LU PING THAT AFTER FURTHER STUDY YOU HAD CONCLUDED THAT CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT DID NOT NEED TO BE IN PLACE SO QUICKLY.
4. FINALLY, WE SUGGEST THAT YOU MIGHT WISH TO PLACE MORE EMPHASIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUSPENDING THE PROJECT - IN TERMS OF LOST MOMENTUM AND LOST INTERNATIONAL FACE AND INVESTOR CONFIDENCE.
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