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Mr Kerby, ODA

Mr Fish, ODA

Private Secretary

HONG KONG: HMOCS

Problem

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RICHARD MUIR

Next steps, in the light of the Chief Secretary's letter

of 4 March.

Recommendations

2. I recommend that, to conclude this phase of Ministerial correspondence, the Secretary of State should minute the

Chief Secretary:

(a) reserving our position on pensions (ie sterling

safeguards and SPOS), picking up some of the Chief Secretary's arguments and agreeing that officials need to explore all options before decisions are taken;

(b) confirming that Lord Caithness has therefore confined

his statement (so far only in the form of a confidential

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