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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR PS/MR GOODLAD AND HUM, AUSS, FROM GOVERNOR PEKING, PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY
MY TELNO 37, PEKING TELNO 18 AND YOUR TELNO 17: HONG KONG: SIR HAL MILLER
1. I HAVE RECONSIDERED ONE POINT IN MY TUR. THERE IS, I FEAR, QUITE A DANGER OF MISUNDERSTANDING IF WE DO NOT OURSELVES TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO TELL THE CHINESE THAT SIR HAL MILLER'S INITIATIVE WAS NOT AUTHORISED BY US. DOING SO COULD OF COURSE PROMPT THE CHINESE TO PROPOSE THAT AN EMISSARY BE SENT. BUT ON BALANCE I THINK IT BETTER TO DEAL WITH THAT AS IT COMES RATHER THAN LEAVE ANY IMPRESSION THAT MILLER'S PROPOSAL WAS AGREED WITH US.
2. MIFT CONTAINS A FIRST ATTEMPT AT THE SORT OF SPEAKING NOTE WHICH THE AMBASSADOR MIGHT USE. IF MINISTERS ARE CONTENT WITH IT, IT MIGHT BE BEST FOR THE AMBASSADOR TO DEPLOY IT AS SOON AS HE CAN ARRANGE A MEETING WITH LU PING. IN THAT WAY ANY MISUNDERSTANDING WILL HAVE LESS SCOPE TO DEVELOP.
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FOR PEKING, THIS MAY BE BY
WE WILL GET TO YOU AND PEKING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE COMPENDIUM OF ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS. HAND OF PILOT OF DRAGONAIR.
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