RESTRICTED
D: BRITISH PRESENCE IN HONG KONG TO BE REDUCED ONLY STEP BY STEP.
E: CHINA AND BRITAIN TO SEEK INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF HONG
KONG'S SPECIAL STATUS AND PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FORA. F: BRITAIN TO PROVIDE AN ADVISORY DELEGATION TO AN AUTONOMOUS
HONG KONG DURING THE INITIAL PERIOD OF SELF-ADMINISTRATION.
10. ALTHOUGH THERE HAS YET BEEN NO COMMENT ON THE OBSERVERS POSITION PAPER, THE NEW EVENING POST ON SUNDAY REFERRED TO THEIR
MEETING WITH JI PENGFEI UND REITERATED THAT THE MINI-CONSTITUTION WOULD BE THE SUBJECT OF DEMOCRATIC DEBATE IN HONG KONG. THE PAPER
ASKED (BUT DID NOT ANSWER) WHETHER HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD BE REPRESENTED ON THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE AND WHETHER THE LATTER WOULD
APPOINT INTERNATIONAL FIGURES AS CONSULTANTS. THE PAPER SAID THAT CHINA'S DECISION TO ANNOUNCE ITS POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG NEXT SEPTEMBER DID NOT MEAN THE MINI-CONSTITUTION WOULD BE FINALISED**
BY THAT DATE (IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS WAS A REFERENCE TO THE
FIRST OR FINAL DRAFT OF THE MINI-CONSTITUTION).
YOUDE
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