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TELELETTER
FROM RJF HOARE, HKGD, FCO
FILE REFERENCE
DATED 3 AUGUST 1982
FOLLOWING FOR RP MARGOLIS ESQ, ACTING POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG
HONG KONG
LAND IN THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 23 JULY. WE WOULD LIKE TO
CONSIDER THE LEGAL ISSUES INVOLVED AT GREATER LENGTH, AND SHALL
COMMENT ON THESE SHORTLY. FROM THE POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW,
HOWEVER, WE ARE VERY FIRMLY OF THE OPINION THAT TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION AFFECTING SUCH A POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE SUBJECT AS THE
WALLED CITY AT SUCH A DELICATE TIME WOULD BE EXTREMELY UNWISE.
2. WE REALISE THAT LEGCO HAS ALREADY GONE INTO RECESS, AND THAT
YOU MAY ANYWAY BE CONSIDERING THE LEGISLATION PROPOSED IN PARA-
GRAPH (D) OF YOUR LETTER IN THE LONGER TERM. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL,
HOWEVER, FOR CONFIRMATION THAT NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR THE TIME
BEING TO DRAFT ANY SUCH LEGISLATION, AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER THE
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.
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