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THIS REPORT IS UNSOURCED. I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM. AS YOU WILL BE AWARE, IT CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF INACCURACIES. ONE OF THESE RELATES TO EXCO. I TOLD MEMBERS THAT THE IDEA OF A HIGH LEVEL, POSSIBLY PRIME MINISTERIAL, MESSAGE WAS STILL UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION BUT NO/NO DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN. I DID NOT GIVE THE COUNCIL EITHER THE TONE OR THE CONTENT OF WHAT MIGHT BE
IN SUCH A MESSAGE.
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SPECULATION ABOUT PRIME MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT AND A MESSAGE TO LI PENG HAS, OF COURSE, BEEN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RECENTLY. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, JOHN ELLIOTT (FINANCIAL TIMES) TOLD ROBIN MCLAREN WHILE HE WAS HERE THAT HE HAD LAUNCHED THIS IDEA TWO WEEKS AGO, BASED ON GUESSWORK.
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HD/NEWS D
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40
HD/PLANNERS
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PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/PUS
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MR BURNS
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SIR P CRADOCK (NO 10) PS/NO.10
MS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS MR J P MCINTYRE HM TRESY MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE
MR S WIGHTMAN CABINET OFFICE MR GOWAN CABINET OFFICE MR A CHARLTON CABINET OFFICE MR WYE RAD
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