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FM FCO 161620Z AUGUST 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1632 OF 16 AUGUST 1984
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOLLOWING FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: APPOINTMENT OF MONITORS.
A.
FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT BY NEWS DEPARTMENT.
BEGINS:
1.
ON 18 JULY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY DESCRIBED
IN A STATEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT
WOULD BE MADE TO TEST THE ACCEPTABILITY IN HONG KONG OF ANY
AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF
THE TERRITORY. HE EXPLAINED THAT A SMALL, INDEPENDENT TEAM WOULD BE APPOINTED TO MONITOR THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE SET UP FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND TO CONFIRM IN A PUBLISHED REPORT WHETHER IT HAD CARRIED OUT ITS DUTIES PROPERLY, ACCURATELY AND IMPARTIALLY. ON 7 AUGUST COPIES OF THE TERMS OF THE REFERENCE FOR THE MONITORING TEAM, TO BE APPOINTED BY THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY, WERE PLACED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LIBRARY.
2. THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY HAS NOW APPOINTED THE
FOLLOWING TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE MONITORING TEAM:
THE RIGHT HON SIR PATRICK NAIRNE GCB MC, MASTER OF ST CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD AND FORMERLY PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
MR JUSTICE SIMON LI, A JUSTICE OF APPEAL OF THE HONG KONG
SUPREME COURT.
THE MONITORING
TEAM IS EXPECTED TO START WORK AT ABOUT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, AND
TO COMPLETE ITS TASK DURING NOVEMBER.
ENDS.
B. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PROPOSED NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES:
(1) WHY SIR P NAIRNE?
HE HAS HAD A HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.
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