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INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, PEKING

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YOUR TELNO 870 AND 871: CALL ON THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE BY LAU SAN-CHING

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MANY THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION IN YOUR FIRST TUR. 2. ON YOUR SECOND TUR, WE HEARD LAST WEEK THAT MR LAU HAD SOUGHT A MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER (PRESUMABLY HAVING HEARD THAT MR LUO HAIXING HAD SEEN THE PRIME MINISTER). WE ADVISED NO 10 THAT WE SAW NO NEED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO AGREE. WE THEN HEARD NO MORE UNTIL WE WERE TOLD OF THE CALL ON STEPHEN WALL ON THE MORNING IT TOOK PLACE. WE JUST HAD TIME TO SUPPLY A TWO PARAGRAPH LETTER OF BACKGROUND. BUT THERE WAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU ADVANCE NOTICE.

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