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important in the light of the present situation in China.

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The revised draft of Sections V and VI and Annex C of the Planning Paper was then discussed.

. 6. In concluding, Mr Cortazzi suggested that the next step was

to produce a revised version of the whole Paper, taking into account the points made at the meeting. He thought that the Planning Paper should then be submitted to the PUS and Lord Goronwy-Roberts; and that copies should be sent to the Governor of Hong Kong and HM Ambassador Peking. Assuming the PUS agreed, the Paper should then be submitted to the Secretary of State. Any comments by the Governor or HM Ambassador Peking would need to be considered during the Governor's visit to London in July,

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Mr Cortazzi

Mr Larmour

Mr Male

Mr Lipsey

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The Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong Deputy Financial Secretary, Hong Kong

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