317
Z
C7C
HPLNAN 4280 PEHPAN 4556
CONFIDENTIAL
DD 261130Z FCOLN
DD 26113OZ HOKON
FM PEKIN TO HOKON
261025Z NOV 85
GRS 2500
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO DESKBY 261130Z FCO
TELNO 1730
OF 261025Z NOV 85
INFO DESKBY 26113OZ HONG KONG
D
1218/26
HRR 011/1
LEIVES INR ISTRY 2 7 NOV 1985
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PART ONE
AB 27
FROM WILSON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP:
FIRST DAY
SUMMARY
1. A DIFFICULT DAY. FOUR HOUR SESSION DEVOTED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. KE GAVE A STRONG LECTURE OF ADMONITION DELIVERED STERNLY AND WITH CONSIDERABLE PASSION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AND COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG: THERE MUST BE NO DIVERGENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL CHANGE AND THE (YET TO BE DRAFTED) BASIC LAW: THE BRITISH INTENTION WAS TO
THUS COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL REFORM BEFORE 1997, PREEMPTING THE BASIC LAW AND PRESENTING THE CHINESE WITH A FAIT ACCOMPLI: WE WERE NOT JUST LISTENING TO HONG KONG VIEWS BUT ADVOCATING PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS: THE ISSUE SHOULD BE SOLVED IN THE JLG. I OFFERED PRELIMINARY COMMENTS.