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YOUR TELNO 1389: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES: MESSAGE TO LU PING.

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I AGREE THAT THE ENDING OF MY DRAFT MESSAGE TO LU PING IS LESS THAN SATISFACTORY, AND ALSO THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE TO MAKE IT THE SAME AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PRESENTATION TO QIAN.

2. HOWEVER, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE REFERENCE TO 'NEXT SPRING' GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF MORE TIME THAN WE WILL REALLY HAVE. I WOULD PREFER BOTH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PRESENTATION AND MY MESSAGE TO END: 'WE WILL NEED TO START MAKING THE NECESSARY PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS EARLY IN 1993, BY PUTTING PROPOSALS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL'.

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