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I have briefly consulted

the Governor On the

point in paragraph 4 of your letter. He suggests using, in para. 87,

the formulation "The Governor intends consult the Legislative Council and listen being a little vaguer on the timing.

to i.e.

Finally, we spoke оп the telephone about the

White Paper.

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best timing for publishing the mentioned the Secretary of State's view that We should not publish

quickly that the avent looked The Governor agrees with thia. Much will stage-managed. depend on the formal Chinese reaction. If they do not formally call off the talks (assuming they decide to do this) until the Bill is introduced, we will probably need to wait until then to publish the White Paper. We should perhaps review the position again at the weekend.

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Many thanks for agreeing over the phone to fax the revised proof that you send to the printers. Will help

to ensure that นค identical to our own!

your final

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(M.J. Dinham)

Personal Adviser to the Governor

Nigel Cox Esq. British Embassy

Peking

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