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PUBLISHED ITS CALL FOR EARLY DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 'HONG KONG
TOWARDS THE FUTURE', WILL WE BELIEVE BE SECONDARY TO PRESSURE
FROM WITHIN HONG KONG ITSELF.
3.
THE ABOVE ASSESSMENT APPLIES GENERALLY TO THE RELATIVELY
LARGE GROUP OF MPS, BOTH INSIDE THE ANGO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AND OUT, WHO HAVE VISITED HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS AND WHO HAVE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN HONG KONG LARGELY THROUGH THE
BUT THERE IS, WITHIN THE
PROGRESS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.
ANGLO-HONG KONG GROUP, A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF MPS, MAINLY ON THE LEFT, WHO TAKE A DOCTRINAIRE VIEW OF THE NEED FOR EARLY DIRECT ELECTIONS IN HONG KONG AND WHO WILL ATTACK THE 1987 REVIEW AS
WOEFULLY INADEQUATE IF IT PROPOSES ANYTHING LESS.
THESE MPS INCLUDE MESSRS CANAVAN, PARRY, FREESON, GOULD AND BRAY. THIS GROUP DOES NOT APPEAR TO CARRY MUCH WEIGHT WITH OTHER MEMBERS
ON HONG KONG ISSUES.
HOWE
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP/HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT
(MR WALKER)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
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MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT,
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASSESSMENT
STAFF, CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10
DOWNING ST
MR WOOD, LEGAL ADVISERS
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