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FUTURE EGRET
DESKBY 22070OZ
SECRET
FM HONG KONG 220505Z JUN 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1676 OF 22 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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2 2 JUN1984
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FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
FUTURE EGRET: MY TELNOS 1668 AND 1669: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. 1176
THE FOLLOWING MINOR AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED TO THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT GREEN PAPER IN MY SECOND TEL UNDER REF.
(A) PARA 59, THIRD LINE
INSERT THE WORDS ALL THE UNOFFICIAL'' BETWEEN APPOINT" AND
''MEMBERS''
(B) PARA 63/64
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THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS. PARA 63 SHOULD END AFTER THE WORDS AFTER A PERIOD OF CONSULTATION AMONG THEM,'' PARA 64 SHOULD THEN BEGIN AS FOLLOWS, THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S POWERS (PARA 62 ABOVE) AND IN THE METHOD OF HIS SELECTION (PARA 63 ABOVE) FOR THE
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG, ETC
YOUDE
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
SIR W HARDING
SECRET
COPIES TO:-
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
SIR P CRADOCK
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISER
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