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CONFIDENTIAL

J S Wall Esq CMG LVO

10 Downing Street

London

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Private Secretary

(a) is essential, and Land Caithness would like to add (b), (c) and (d).

Please let me know if you would like us to prepare a revised version of the original letter.

HKD $26/13.

Woox, HICD

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PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: 4-5 SEPTEMBER 1991

I wrote to you about this visit on 23 August.

now add four updates or glosses on that letter:

May I

(a) Vietnamese migrants. The Foreign Secretary has

now decided that he should make strenuous efforts with

the Vietnamese (and Americans) over IMCs and that we

should not return the double-backers until this process

is complete, one way or the other. The reference to Hong

with double-backers. Kong's readiness to proceed by the week beginning

23 September should therefore be deleted and the point

about our efforts to get IMCs agreed moved up and

strengthened;

(b) MFN. As the Prime Minister may be aware from his

talks with President Bush, MFN renewal is not yet in the

bag: in saying that it is likely to be renewed we should underline likely;

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