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UNILATERAL ACTION:

E) LIKELIHOOD OF WIDER CHINESE RETALIATION.

4. IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO SEE IN RATHER FULLER DETAIL THE

CASE YOU WOULD INTEND TO MAKE TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL ADVANTAGES OF THIS PROPOSED CHANGE. CAN YOU

DEPLOY ARGUMENTS AND FIGURES WHICH WILL WITHSTAND THE KIND OF DEMOLITIAN TACTICS WHICH THE CHINESE USED AGAINST YOU ON THE

AIRPORT COSTINGS?

5. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF COPY ADDRESSEES

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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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HKD

PUSD

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NEWS D

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DISTRIBUTION

64

PLANNERS

RAD

PS/LORD CAITHNESS

PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD

SIR J COLES

MR BURNS

MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS

MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS

MISS NEVILLE-JONES CAB OFFICE

SIR P CRADOCK NO.10

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