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KKCK OUT
FROM PEKING 07034OZ JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 014 OF 7/1/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TEL NOS 37 AND 38 AND YOUR TEL NO 26 TO HONG KONG:
WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
1. PARAGRAPH 14 OF THE DRAFT IN SECOND TUR CONTAINS A FACTUAL ERROR. THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT (NOT) PROVIDE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAR TO BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTIONS. PARAGRAPH 3 OF SECTION 1 OF ANNEX 1 PROVIDES ONLY FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO BE CONSTITUTED BY ELECTIONS.
2. IN THE VIEW OF THE CHINESE, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
SAR WILL CONSIST OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND OF A NUMBER OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS. APPOINTMENTS OF BOTH WILL BE BY THE CENTRAL PEOPLES GOVERNMENT. SELECTION OF
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WILL BE BY ELECTION OF THROUGH CONSULTATIONS.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS WILL BE NOMINATED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. (IT IS OF COURSE TRUE THAT NOMINATION
COULD BE ON THE BASIS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS, BUT THE CHINESE ARE IN NO WAY COMMITTED TO THIS).
3. WE HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS
THOMSON LIMITED
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SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
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