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MINISTERS WERE TO SUMMON THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR. THIS WOULD UNDERLINE THAT THERE WAS NO POINT IN FURTHER REPETITIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND THAT HMG WERE SERIOUS. THIS DID NOT MEAN THAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE CONVEYED IN A CONFRONTATIONAL WAY. SHOULD BE MORE IN SORROW THAN IN ANGER.

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25. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD INTRODUCE THE LEGISLATION TO LEGCO IF IT WAS GAZETTED. THE GENERAL VIEW WAS THAT WE SHOULD NOT UNTIL IT WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER LIKELIHOOD OF TALKS.

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THE WAY IS NOW CLEAR FOR MR GOODLAD TO SPEAK TO AMBASSADOR

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