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DATE: 21 November 1984
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WHITE PAPER ON TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY:
LETTERS FROM MR LUCE AND LADY YOUNG TO PARLIAMENTARIANS
1.
Mr Luce and Lady Young sent personal letters to a number of
MPS and Peers covering copies of the White Paper on the Agreement
on 26 September. I recommend that Mr Luce and Lady Young should
again write to MPS and Peers enclosing copies of the White Paper
on the test of acceptability containing the reports of the
Assessment Office and the independent Monitoring Team. I submit
a draft letter and а list of addressees, which we have enlarged
slightly since the last exercise to include those who have
expressed an interest in Hong Kong since September.
If Ministers agree, the Department will prepare the letters
for signature on 27 and 28 November, and despatch to the House of
Commons and the Lords on the day of publication, 29 November.
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I shall submit separately a draft letter from the Secretary of
State to Mr Healey, Mr Kinnock, Mr Steel and Dr Owen covering
advance copy of the White Paper, if it is possible to produce
advance copies in view of our very tight timetable for printing
the White Paper.
TRONY Mont
21 November 1984
TEJ Mound
Hong Kong Department
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