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FM HONG KONG 070945Z APR 81
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 389 OF 7 APRIL
OFFICE, LANDEN
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING, TOKYO.
YOURTELNO 350.
72*
PQ: SECRETARY OF STATE'S VISIT TO HONG KONG.
1. AGREED YOUR DRAFT ANSWER, AND NOTE THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
YOU ARE PREPARING. THIS SEEMS ENTIRELY ADEQUATE.
2. DURING VISIT TO HONGKONG, CANAVAN AND PARRY ATTENDED INAUGURATION MEETING OF ASSOCIATION FOR DEMOCRACY OF HONG KONG LIMITED''. THIS ASSOCIATION CLAIMS 100 FOUNDER MEMBERS AND BRANCHES
IN UK, US AND CANADA. MAIN AIM TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TOWARDS MORE DEMOCRATIC IDEALS'', CANAVAN UNDERTOOK TO WORK IN LONDON AND PRESSURE PARLIAMENT TO BRING DEMOCRACY TO HONG KONG. IN THIS CONNECTION, HE SPOKE ON THE MEMBERSHIP OF URBAN AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, DECLARING THAT THERE SHOULD BE FREE ELECTIONS TO BOTH, AND THAT APPOINTMENTS TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SHOULD BE MADE FROM THOSE
ELECTED MEMBERS. HE ADVOCATED AN ELECTED GOVERNOR, WHO SHOULD BE CHINESE, OR AT LEAST SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HONG KONG'S PROBLEMS RATHER THAN A CAREER DIPLOMAT.
3. ON THE NATIONALITY BILL, HE SAID THAT THE AMENDMENT RELATING TO CROWN SERVICE WAS ELITIST UNFAIR AND AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE WOULD FIGHT STRONGLY TO GET A BETTER DEAL FOR HONG KONG
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4. ON JUVENILE CRIME CANAVAN WAS SHOCKED BY THE LACK OF RECREATIONAL
AND SPORTS FACILITIES AND ASCRIBED THE INCREASE IN CRIME THERETO. 5. ON THE BAN OF THE FILM COLDEST WINTER IN PEKING'' HE OPPOSED CENSORSHIP IN PRINCIPLE AND SAID THAT THE BAN IS OF COURSE A
POLITICAL MOVE.
6. CANAVAN ALSO MET THE UNITED KINGDON FEDERATION OF HONG KONG