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UKMIS NEW YORK: FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARTY.

PEKING TELNO 1316: HONG KONG; CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS: YOUR MEETING WITH QIAN QICHEN.

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EXCO WERE BRIEFED ON ROUND 12 ON 28 SEPTEMBER. CONCERNED AT THE LACK OF URGENCY ON THE CHINESE SIDE.

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EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT YOU WOULD GIVE QIAN AN

INDICATION OF WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS IN MY LEGCO ADDRESS ON 6 OCTOBER. I TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS IN YOUR BRIEF, AND THAT, AS LAST YEAR, WE WOULD GIVE LU PING A COPY OF THE SPEECH SHORTLY BEOFRE DELIVERY.

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