DWF G 270/22
LIM 515/22
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TT FCO
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TT HONG KONG
GR 440
SECRET
TELELETTER
FROM D G BLUNT, PEKING
NER
Steward to Cam & mank to com
22 NOVEMBER 1983
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FOLLOWING FOR W MORRIS HKD FCO
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COPIED TO R P MARGOLIS, DPA, HONG KONG
23/11
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: NEED FOR DETAIL
1. WE NOTED WITH INTEREST JI PENG FEI'S REPORTED R
EMARKS
TSERVES NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARDS DELEGATION THAT
A
OF BASIC LAWS FOR HONG KONG WOULD BECOME AN APPENDIX TU ARTICLE 31 OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND THAT HONG KONG
'' PEOPLE WOULD BE CONSULTED ABOUT MAWS BEFORE THEY WERE
Lams!
hw? word. SUBMITTED TO THE NPC FOR APPROVAL (PARA 4 OF HONG KONG
spalin
and and
vely dang
TELNO 1745). THIS LAST POINT CHIMES WITH A REMARK MADE BY AN AMANUENSIS OF YAO GUANG'S NAMED WANG AT THE DINNER FOR THE TWO DELEGATIONS ON 15 NOVEMBER.
2. WANG, WHO IS NOT A FORMAL MEMBER OF THE CHINESE
RELEGATION BUT WHO ATTENDS THE TALKS AND PASSES YAO NOTES
OF POINTS TO MAKE DURING THE SESSIONS, WAS ASKED BY
WILLIAM EHRMAN, IN THE COURSE OF A DISCUSSION ON THE NEED FOR AGREEMENT ON DETAIL, WHETHER THE CHINESE SIMPLY INTENDED