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FM HONG KONG 030800Z
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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.992 OF 3 OCTOBER.
FOR HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM GOVERNOR. YOUR TELNO.753: LEG.CO. SPEECH,
1, YOUR PARA, 1 FIRST SENTENCE: REFERENCE TO SYSTEM BEING 'REASONABLY COMPLETE
DELETED.
2. YOUR PARA.1 SECOND AND THIRD SENTENCES, NO, THIS WOULD
MERELY MOBILISE OPPOSITION.
3. YOUR PARA.2, PASSAGE RE-DRAFTED.
4. YOUR PARA.3.
PASSAGE INCLUDED AS FOLLOWS:- 'THE PROPOSAL. IS BEING PUBLISHED IN A GREEN PAPER TO TEST PUBLIC OPINION, AND THE GOVERNMENT LOOKS FORWARD TO SECURING THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND OF TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS, AND WILL BE VERY READY TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSION ON IT''.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
MR. CORTAZZI
HR MURRAY
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