TNAG-2730-FCO40-3936-Future-of-Hong-Kong-constitutional-development-1993 — Page 84

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views of the Governor and Mr Goodlad,

of points from the Embassy in Peking.

AND TAKING ACCOUNT,

We have also taken assount

+ 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

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reinforcing a message from the Secretary of State to Qian through

senior level) Ministerial contact with Ambassador Ma here. This reflects a thought from the Governor in commenting on an earlier draft of

the paper. He thought that, at a time when the Chinese were considering their options, it could be very valuable if the Secretary of State were able to give Ma

Might usefully

a meal to a meal to reinforce his

Rather than commit the Secretary of State to

message to Qian. doing this in the

OPD (K) paper, we have used a slightly more

ANOTHER general formulation. One possibility would be for Mr Goodlad to offer lunch to Ma. The Department/could pursue that with him on

his return

RETURN.

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MR GOODLAD's AND THE

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