From The Minister of State
Leo Abse Esq MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SWIA OAA
CONFIDENTIAL
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
29 November 1984
I thought you would like to see a copy of the White Paper published today containing (a) the report of the Assessment Office which was set up to test the acceptability of the draft agreement to the people of Hong Kong, and (b) the report of the independent
Monitoring Team appointed by Sir Geoffrey Howe to oversee the work
of the Assessment Office.
As you know, the Government is strongly commending to Parliament the
draft agreement on Hong Kong's future. I look forward to the
debate on the draft agreement next week.
Richard Luce
Minister of State
CONFIDENTIAL