CONFIDENTIAL
HICKO 40/46
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A C Galsworthy, HKD
3 August 1984
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PS/Mr Luce
PS/PUS
Sir P Cradock
Sir J Freeland
Parliamentary Unit
Mr MacInnes
Head, PSD
Head, PPD
HONG KONG : TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY
1.
on
You
Thank you for your minute of 2 August (not copied to all).
asked for further advice before the Secretary of State goes
holiday at lunchtime today. In the time available it has not been
possible to resolve all outstanding points, but this submission sets
out where matters now stand.
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE
2.
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attached
C
astiached
I attach draft terms of reference for the assessment office,
closely based on the draft given to us in Hong Kong. The changes
which I have suggested are minor ones. In para 3 of the original
draft the Secretary of State queried a reference to "a United
Kingdom White Paper". This point is dealt with below. In the
context of the terms of reference I think it is sufficient to refer
to "a White Paper".
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE MONITORING TEAM
3.
team.
I also attach proposed terms of reference for the monitoring
These are also based on a Hong Kong draft, but less closely
In particular I think that the original draft was wrong to suggest
that the team would ensure that the assessment is properly carried out and follows faithfully the prescribed procedure. The task of
the monitoring team should be to observe and report on whether this
has been done, not to ensure that it is done. It will not have
formal power to direct the operations of the assessment office.
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