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6. YOUR PARA 3. MR PATTEN WOULD PREFER TO RETAIN ''PERSONAL ADVISERS'' (UNLESS ANYTHING BETTER OCCURS TO YOU?) HE WOULD PREFER NOT/NOT TO HAVE SPEECH WRITING MENTIONED IN THE BACKGROUND BRIEFING (COULD THAT NOT SIMPLY CLARIFY THAT DINHAM WILL NOT/NOT BE ANY SORT OF SUPER PRIVATE SECRETARY, JUST ONE OF THE GH TEAM?).

7. YOUR PARA 4: CONTENT.

8. WHEN I DISCUSSED THE DRAFT ANNOUNCEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTARIES IN OUR TELNO 833 WITH DINHAM ON THE PHONE TODAY, HE WONDERED IF THE HONG KONG PRESS WOULD TRY TO TRACK HIM DOWN AND ASK QUESTIONS LIKE A) WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HONG KONG? B) WHAT ROLE DID YOU PERFORM BEFORE FOR MR PATTEN? C) WHAT ROLE WILL YOU PERFORM ETC? GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON WHETHER THIS IS LIKELY (HE WILL IN ANY CASE BE IN NEPAL FROM 1 3 JUNE) AND WHAT HE CAND LLEWELLYN) SHOULD SAY TO SUCH QUESTIONS. (WE SHALL NEED A BIT MORE THAN SUPPLEMENTARY 2. FROM TUR, OTHERWISE THE PRESS MAY SEEK TO DEDUCE THE ANSEWER TO C. FROM THE ANSWER TO B. I SUGGEST A CLARIFICATION ON THE LINES OF PARA 6 ABOVE: ''JUST ONE OF THE TEAM'').

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