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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3467 OF 13 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 1398 TO PEKING: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT
1. THIS MORNING'S DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER IN EXCO
IS BEING REPORTED SEPARATELY. ASSUMING YOU ARE CONTENT WITH THE
AMENDMENTS WHICH WERE AGREED, THE WAY IS NOW CLEAR FOR THE WHITE
PAPER TO BE TABLED IN LEGCO ON 21 NOVEMBER AND FOR THE
AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO ZHOU NAN ON--15 NOVEMBER.
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2. PARA 4(C) OF MY TELNO 3359 WILL NEED AMENDMENT TO REFLECT
THE DECISION THAT THE REVIEW SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN 1987. THIS SUB-
PARAGRAPH MIGHT BE AMENDED TO READ:
**(C) REVIEW. THE GREEN PAPER HAD PROPOSED THAT THIS SHOULD
TAKE PLACE IN 1989. IN THE LIGHT OF THE STRONG PUBLIC FEELING
THAT AN EARLIER REVIEW WOULD BE NEEDED WE HAD DECIDED TO BRING
FORWARD THE DATE TO 1987. THIS WOULD ENABLE THE QUESTION OF
DIRECT ELECTIONS AND OTHER ISSUES RAISED IN THE GREEN PAPER AND
SUBSEQUENT DEBATE TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE 1988 ELECTIONS''
NO CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO THE OTHER POINTS IN PARA 4 OF MY
TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE.
3. IN DESCRIBING THE CONTENT OF THE WHITE PAPER THE AMBASSADOR
COULD DRAW ON THE SUMMARY (PARA 49 OF THE DRAFT IN MY TELNO 3420)
USING THE FINAL TEXT TO BE TELEGRAPHED TOMORROW.
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MR. WILSON
COPIES TO.
CONFIDENTIAL
SIR. P. CRADOCK (2)
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)