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TO DESKBY 06210OZ BUENOS AIRES
11 JAN 1992
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Taken
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OF 061924Z JAN 93
Q DIST?
INFO DESKBY 070100Z HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO DESKBY 07010OZ UKREP JEG HONG KONG
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY
PERSONAL FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY/FOREIGN SECRETARY
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
PEKING PERSONAL FOR COX
UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY
HONG KONG : DRAFT OPD (K) PAPER
1.
MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT MEMORANDUM, INCORPORATING THE VIEWS OF THE GOVERNOR AND MR GOODLAD, AND TAKING ACCOUNT OF POINTS FROM THE EMBASSY IN PEKING. NO 10 WOULD LIKE THIS PAPER TO BE CIRCULATED IF POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND.
2. ONE POINT OF EXPLANATION. PARA 11 OF THE PAPER REFERS TO REINFORCING A WRITTEN MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO QIAN THROUGH SENIOR-LEVEL CONTACT WITH AMBASSADOR MA HERE. THIS REFLECTS A THOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT, AT A TIME WHEN THE CHINESE WERE CONSIDERING THEIR OPTIONS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MIGHT USEFULLY GIVE MA A MEAL TO REINFORCE HIS MESSAGE TO QIAN. RATHER THAN COMMIT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO DOING THIS IN THE OPD (K) PAPER, WE HAVE USED A MORE GENERAL FORMULATION. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD BE FOR MR GOODLAD TO OFFER LUNCH FOR MA. THE DEPARTMENT COULD PURSUE THIS ON MR GOODLAD'S AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURN.
3. SEE MIFT.
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