GAS 380
IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 068747 Z
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
31
- 7 OCT 1975
NKK 1/6
TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NO 992 OF 6 OCTOBER.
FOR SIR DUNCAN WATSON,
YOUR LETTER OF 3 AUGUST, PARA 3.
MEMBERSHIP OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE BY IMMEDIATE TELEGRAM
ON A PASSAGE ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL I AM CONSIDERING
INCLUDING IN MY SPEECH ON 8 OCTOBER. TEXT IN MIFT.
2. IT IS INTENDED TO BE AN ACCURATE AND HONEST STATEMENT OF DOTH
THE LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGE IN THE COUNCIL AS
WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE COUNCIL IS AND DOES AND THE
QUALITIES THAT MEMBERSHIP REQUIRES,
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3. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND TWO OR THREE NEW MEMBERS FOR
LEG. CO. NEXT JUNE WHO WILL BE FROM A NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT
BACKGROUND OR AGE GROUP, BUT WHO WILL STILL BE ABLE TO CARRY A FULL SHARE OF UM EL CO WORK (THE LATTER IS A PREREQUISITE) IT IS STILL REALLY TOO EARLY TO DO THIS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE
PROBLEMS AT YOUR END AND WILL SEE IT THROUGH HERE,
4. I WILL PROBABLY WISH TO RECOMMEND AN EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP
OF LEG CO TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA 3 BOTH TO HELP SPREAD THE
LOAD AND TO EMPHASISE THE NEW MOVE. HOWEVER THIS NEED NOT BE
DECIDED UNTIL NEARER THE TIME.
6, IF I COULD NOT ACT IN JUNE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE BEST IN MY
SPEECH TO IGNORE DR CHUNG'S INTERVENTION LAST YEAR, HOWEVER SINCE
I WILL SO ACT THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING A REFERENCE EXISTS,
ADVICE HERE IS SPLIT!
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