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PERSONAL FOR MR JOHN MORRIS, PS/MR CHRISTOPHER PATTEN

MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT WELCOMING SPEECH BY THE CHIEF

SECRETARY AT THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR MR CHRISTOPHER PATTEN

ON 9 JULY 1992. AS INTEREST WILL NATURALLY BE FOCUSED ON MR

PATTEN'S SPEECH, CS' SPEECH IS DELIBERATELY SET IN LOW KEY. WE

WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS MR PATTEN MAY HAVE ON THE

DRAFT.

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