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FM FCO 211445Z FEB 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 322 OF 21 FEBRUARY
No
Коз
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 455: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WORKING PAPER ON
CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.
1. YOUR PARA 1(A)(I):
WE ARE ALSO ANXIOUS TO AVOID GIVING ANY IMPRESSION THAT ALL
SUBSEQUENT CANDIDATES FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP WOULD NECESSARILY
BE SOUGHT IN HONG KONG. BOTH OUR CONCERNS WOULD BE MET BY THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA:
''OUR OBJECTIVE IS THAT THE SOURCE OF MEMBERSHIP OF ALL THE
PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE''
2. WE AGREE THAT A VERSION OF THE DRAFT INCLUDING THE ABOVE
AMENDMENT SHOULD BE CIRCULATED TO EXCO.
HOWE
81
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
ED/EKD
ED/FED
ED/PLANNING STAFF
D/PUSD
D/ED/PUSD (MR FLOWER)
RES.B. (MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR
FS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
SIR W HARDING
MR DONALD
KR WRIGHT
STR C TICKELL
COPIES TO:
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS
HR BURROWS
NEWS D
LEGAL ADVS
MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST.
MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE
PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIR P CRADOCK EM K195
BIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET
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