Registry No.
SE
ITY CLASSIFICATION
CORELDENTIAL
DRAFT LETTER
wi8.
Type 1 +
Top Secret.
Secret,
Confidential,
Restricted,
Unclassified,
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
To:
HFT Smith Esq CMG CABINET OFFICE
Mrs M E Hedley-Miller
H M Treasury
MG de Winton Esq CBE MC Law Officers Dept
JD Bryars Esq
Ministry of Defence
SL Edwards Esq CMG
Dept. of Trade and Industry
FROM
Mr Youde or be limit
Telephone No, Ext,
Department
HONG KONG'S RELATIONS WITH THE UK
1.
At the meeting on 23 November of the Official
Working Group on Hong Kong, GEN 190, it was agreed
that we should draft a paper by the Foreign and
Commonwealth Secretary for a DOP meeting on 5 December.
A number of the relevant questions are still under
consideration, but, if we are to meet the DOP's
timetable, we must begin drafting now.
2.
I accordingly attach a draft memorandum. This
will have to be brought up to date at the end of this
week. In particular the passage on the death sentence,
which assumes that the Governor is about to decide in
a particular case that the law should take its course ,
will have to be re-written if he decides otherwise.
3.
I would be very grateful for your early
comments, to reach me, if possible, by 29 Novembor.
It is obviously desirable that we should agree on the
analysis, and as far as possible, on the conclusions.
But since this will be a memorandum by the Foreign and
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