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FM FCO 171415Z AUGUST 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1648 OF 17 AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
OOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY
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YOUR TELNO 2394: FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
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APPOINTMENT OF MONITORS.
THE TEXT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY NEWS DEPARTMENT
AT 20113OZ IS THAT IN PARAGRAPHS ONE AND TWO OF OUR TELNO 1632.50
YOUR PARAGRAPH TWO. WE HAVE REPHRASED PARAGRAPHS ONE AND TWO
OF THE NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES AS FOLLOWS:
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BEGINS:
WHY SIR P NAIRNE?
(1.) HE HAS HAD A HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A PUBLIC
SERVANT. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL, A BODY OF EMINENT
PERSONS WITH THE FORMAL DUTY OF ADVISING THE SOVEREIGN. THIS IS
AN EXCEPTIONAL DISTINCTION FOR A FORMER CIVIL SERVANT. HE HAS
WIDE EXPERIENCE OF GOVERNMENT AND OF CONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE,
DERIVED FROM WORK IN A VARIETY OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
EXPERIENCE FITS HIM TO MAKE A VALUABLE AND DISTINCTIVE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK OF THE MONITORING TEAM.
WHAT DOES HE KNOW ABOUT HONG KONG?
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(2.) SIR P NAIRNE HAS VISITED HONG KONG ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN
THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. BUT HE HAS
PRIMARILY BEEN CHOSEN FOR HIS WIDE EXPERIENCE OF GOVERNMENT.
WILL BE THE HONG KONG MEMBER OF THE MONITORING TEAM, MR JUSTICE
LI, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE DETAILED LOCAL KNOWLEDGE.
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3. SIR P NAIRNE HAS PROPOSED SMALL AMENDMENTS TO THE
STATEMENT WHICH WE SHALL BE GIVING TO THE PRESS ON HIS BEHALF.
IT NOW READS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS:
I AM EXTREMELY HONOURED TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY AS A MEMBER OF THE MONITORING TEAM
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