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10. On the other hand there would be some advantages in terms of
public presentation in publishing all the submissions to the
Assessment Office: they would demonstrate public support for the
agreement in Hong Kong, and they would show that we have nothing to
hide. Moreover I see force in Hong Kong's assertion that it would
be difficult and invidious to try to choose which submissions to
print.
11. I think that the best answer to this dilemma is not to include
any of the submissions in the White Paper, which should be confined
to the actual report of the Assessment Office and the report of the
Monitors. We should however lay bound copies of all the submissions
in the Libraries of both Houses at the time that the report itself
was laid before Parliament. We could notify the House that this had
been done through an inspired PQ. These documents could be
reproduced from typescript, thus avoiding the physical problems of
printing. We could also make copies available to the press on
demand.
12. There may be more demand in Hong Kong for publication of the
detailed evidence submitted to the Office. If so, I would see no
objection to their publishing the documents as a separate volume or
volumes. Indeed there would be the advantage that we would then use
their printed text to lay before Parliament.
Salm
7 November 1984
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