GRS 200
DEDIP
SECRET
SECRET
TOP
[ MKK040 46
-9 AUG 1994
33
FM HONG KONG 0903152 AUG 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2299 OF 9 AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOR GALSWORTHY FROM DEPUTY TO GOVERNOR.
حدي
Rur
32) YOUR TELNO 1554: FUTURE OF HONG KONG : TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY.
IN OUR FIRST DRAFT OF AN ACTION PLAN FOR HANDLING THE WHITE PAPER ON THE AGREEMENT, WE HAVE ASSUMED THAT INITIALLING/PUBLICATION WOULD BE ON 30 SEPTEMBER, THAT THE REPORTS BY THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE AND THE MONITORING TEAM WOULD BE REQUIRED BY 28 NOVEMBER AND THAT THE DATE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE WOULD BE 10 DECEMBER. THIS IS WHY I HAVE ADVISED JUSTICE SIMON LI TO BLACK OUT HIS COURT DIARY FOR THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. I AGREE THAT THE MONITORING TEAM WILL NEED TO CONSULT TOGETHER ON THEIR PROCEDURES AND SETTLE INTO THEIR OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SOME TIME DURING THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER. THERE WILL BE NO DIFFICULTY
IF YOU CAN ABOUT EXTRACTING JUSTICE LI FROM HIS NORMAL DUTIES AND, ARRANGE FOR THE UK MONITOR TO BE OUT HERE BY THEN, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
2. INCIDENTALLY, THE TARGET DATE IN OUR ACTION PLAN FOR THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE TO HAVE COMPLETED A MANUAL, SO TO SPEAK, ON THE PROCDURES IT PROPOSES TO FOLLOW IS 25 SEPTEMBER.
HADDON-CAVE MINIMAL
HD HKD
SECRET
COPIES TO
SIR P CRADOCK (2)