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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
21 June, 1984
Dear Charles.
Future of Hong Kong: Arrangements for Testing the Acceptability
in Hong Kong of an Agreement for the Chinese
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At the meeting of OD(K) on 23 May, Ministers endorsed the general approach towards testing the acceptability of an agreement in Hong. Kong outlined in a paper submitted by the Foreign Secretary. This envisaged that a period of public debate in representative and semi-representative bodies in Hong Kong, as well as at grass roots level, would be stimulated by an invitation to the public to express their views on a draft agreement, and that this would be combined with a more general, passive sounding of public opinion. Sir Geoffrey Howe was invited to put forward detailed proposals on these lines.
I now enclose a paper, which is based on a draft by the Governor of Hong Kong, for discussion at OD(K) on 27 June. I am copying this letter, and the enclosure, to the Private Secretaries of members of OD(K) and to Richard Hatfield (Cabinet Office).
You ever
Len Appleyard
(L V Appleyard) Private Secretary
C D Powell Esq
10 Downing Street
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