Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
From the Secretary of State
28 November 1984
IN CONFIDENCE
(a)
Do David
Hong Kong
I enclose an advance copy of the White Paper containing:
the report of the Assessment Office which was set up to
test the acceptability in Hong Kong of the draft
agreement on the future of the territory; and
(b) the report of the independent Monitoring Team appointed
to monitor the work of the Assessment Office.
I should be grateful if you would treat it on Privy
Council terms until the White Paper is published, at 1100
tomorrow.
GEOFFREY HOWE
The Rt Hon David Steel MP