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FM HONG KONG 23093OZ NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3592 OF 23 NOVEMBER
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GALSWORTHY FROM NAIRNE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: REPORT OF THE MONITORING TEAM.
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MY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TELEGRAM REFERS. THE DRAFT TEXT OF THE REPORT OF THE MONITORING TEAM IS SET OUT BELOW:-
REPORT
ON THE WORK OF THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ASSESSMENT OFFICE
BY
THE RT. HON. SIR PATRICK NAIRNE, GCB, MC, MA,
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THE HON. MR. JUSTICE SIMON LI FOOK-SEAN
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INTRODUCTION
1. ON 18 JULY 1984, IN A WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY ANSWER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS ANNOUNCED THE PROPOSAL TO APPOINT A SMALL INDEPENDENT TEAM (THE MONITORING TEAM) TO MONITOR THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE. THE ANSWER EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS PLANNED TO SET UP THE OFFICE, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, TO COLLATE AND ASSESS THE VIEWS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG ON WHATEVER AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE MONITORING TEAM ARE SET OUT IN ANNEX 1.
2. WE WERE APPOINTED AS THE MEMBERS OF THE MONITORING TEAM. WE WERE ACCOMMODATED IN OFFICES IN THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN HONG KONG AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE FROM THE OFFICES OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE UNDER THE COMMISSIONER, MR I.F.C. MACPHERSON, IN ANOTHER PART OF THE SAME BUILDING. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PROVIDED ONE SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MRS CARRIE WILLIS, AND ONE SENIOR PERSONAL SECRETARY, MISS ALICE CHU, AS OUR STAFF. WE WISH TO RECORD OUR APPRECIATION OF THEIR EFFICIENT SUPPORT.
3. WE BAGAN WORK ON THURSDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1984, THE DAY AFTER THE TERMS OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED AND PUBLISHED IN A WHITE PAPER, WHICH REFERS IN PARAGRAPH 32 TO THE MONITORING TEAM.
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