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he Chinese side will have seen
Hong Kong are becoming impatient to see
that the community in
results from the talks.
We cannot delay the legislative process indefinitely: although we intend to abide scrupulously by the agreement to maintain the confidentiality of the talks while they last.
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In order to reach early agreement, we propose that there should be two rounds of talks in June, and that by the end of these rounds, the two sides should have discussed all the issues
on the table. That would enable decisions to be made on how to
towards a settlement.
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channels, we believe that such a message should be passed via a Hong Kong intermediary (there is no suitable British candidate that we
we can identify). But the message might come QUOTE from the British side UNQUOTE in order to show that you and HMG were united. Subject to your views, Edmond Lau or (if he could be persuaded to act) C H Tung would probably be the best
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