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BUT WHILE GUANGDONG'S OFFICIAL LETTER WAS UNANSWERED IT WAS HARD FOR HIM TO INTERVENE AGAIN. WE TOOK NOTE.

HE WOULD THEN HAVE ANOTHER WORD WITH THEM.

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AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THIS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF POOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEN PEKING AND GUANGDONG, WE JUDGED IT BETTER TACTICS AT THIS STAGE NOT TO SAY THAT HONG KONG HAD ALREADY WRITTEN TO GUANGDONG. BUT IF HONG KONG CAN LET US HAVE A COPY OF THEIR LETTER, AND TELL US WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED TO THE GUANGDONG SIDE, CAN FORWARD IT TO CHEN ZENGQING AND PERHAPS USE IT TO TRY TO GET OUR FOOT IN HIS DOOR AGAIN. BUT HE IS ALREADY WELL AWARE OF OUR ARGUMENTS (EXCEPT FOR THE NEW POINT IN PARAS 2 AND 3 OF TUR REGARDING THE NEW CHINESE REGULATIONS - WHICH WILL NEED CAREFUL HANDLING AND WHICH WE SHOULD THEREFORE PREFER NOT TO RAISE HERE, ORALLY OR IN WRITING, UNTIL DATES FOR THE GUANGDONG/HONG KONG MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SETTLED).

MEANWHILE WE ARE SEEKING A CALL ON THE STATE COUNCIL HKMO TO WARN THEM OF THE PROBLEMS AND TO TRY TO ENLIST THEIR SUPPORT.

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7. WE SEE NO NEED TO CHANGE THE LINE PROPOSED FOR MR GOODLAD TO USE WITH AMBASSADOR MA LATER TODAY.

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LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS

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