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FM FCO 181700Z FEB 181
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
No
7620 - 1
ГОР СОР
TELEGRAM NUMBER 161 OF 18 FEBRUARY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON 24 FEBRUARY
1. LORD BROCKWAY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING UNSTARRED QUESTION
FOR ANSWER ON 24 FEBRUARY:
'TO ASK HMG WHETHER THEY WILL APPOINT A ROYAL COMMISSION
TO SURVEY THE UNIQUE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG
AND TO MAKE RCCOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ITS FUTURE'.
2. AS YOU KNOW, AN UNSTARRED QUESTION TAKES THE FORM OF A SHORT
DEBATE OF ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THE END OF THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS
IN THE LORDS. LORD BROCKWAY WILL INTRODUCE HIS SUBJECT, OTHER
PEERS MAY VERY WELL SPEAK, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OR
LORD TREFGARNE IN HIS ABSENCE, WILL RESPOND.
3. A DRAFT WINDING-UP SPEECH, TO LAST ABOUT 15 MINUTES, IS
BEING PREPARED, ALONG WITH NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES FOR INCOR-
PORATION INTO THE SPEECH IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH POINTS RAISED
DURING THE DEBATE.
4. AN OUTLINE OF THE DRAFT SPEECH AND SUPPLEMENTARIES ARE IN
MIFT.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THESE AND ANY SUGGESTIONS
FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS BY DESKBY 200930Z.
sear
CARRINGTON
LIMITED HR & AD
FED PS, PS/LPS
PS. MR BLAKER
PS| LORD TREE BARNE
PSIPUS SIRE YOUDE MRDONALD
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HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE
LONDON.
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