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DESKBY 0501002
FM FO 041800Z DECEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2420 OF 4 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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Action Taken
TA.
HONG KONG: PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION ON DIRECT ELECTIONS
1. MR DENNIS CANAVAN MP HAS TABLED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR
ORAL REPLY ON 12 DECEMBER:-
BEGINS: TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS WHETHER HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO 1997.
ENDS
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS DESKBY 060930Z ON THE FOLLOWING
DRAFT REPLY:-
BEGINS: THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER PUBLISHED ON 21 NOVEMBER SET OUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE INDIRECT ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR
THE 1985 ELECTIONS. THERE WILL BE A REVIEW IN 19897, WHICH WILL COVER THE QUESTION OF INTRODUCING DIRECT ELECTIONS. ENDS
3.
FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES, WE SHALL DRAW ON OUR TELNO 2291 AND OUR TELNO 2352 AS AMENDED BY YOUR TELNO 3661 AND PEKING TELNO 2860.
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HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES D.(MR WALKER)
HD/PROTOCOL D
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND MR CROWLEY
PUSD
COPIES TO:( VIA ADR) MR ROBERTS
MR FIFOOT
MR BURROWS
NEWS DEPT
LEGAL ADVS.
LEGAL ADVS
MR MARTIN ASST STAFF
CABINET OFF ICE
MR CARTLEDGE CABINET OFFICE
MR COLVIN
CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK NO.10 DOWNING ST.
SIR P CRADOCK ROOM K 195
SIR E YOUDE
Room K195 A
HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE, LONDON
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