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· 7 JAN 1985
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DATE: 3 January 1985
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Mr Fifoot, Legal Advisers
Mr Elliott, FED
HONG KONG: COMPATIBILITY OF MEMBERSHIP OF DISTRICT BOARDS AND
REGIONAL COUNCILS WITH MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL
CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE
Problem
1.
Hong Kong's proposal that the Executive Council should be asked to agree that membership of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC) should not
should not be considered
incompatible with membership of District Boards, Regional Councils
or the Legislative Council.
Recommendation
(334
D
335
2.
I recommend
that the Secretary of State now approve the
proposal. A draft telegram is attached.
Background and Argument
was
You
A, B 3. The Governor's proposal is described in Hong Kong telnos 19 and
20. He originally put it forward in October 1984, and it
discussed in Mr Galsworthy's submission of 30 October.
commented on 1 November that the Secretary of State was not
persuaded that
that it was necessary to resolve the point with EXCO
before signature of the agreement. In the light of that, and
subsequent discussion with you, the Governor was asked to consider postponing action until the New Year (FCO telno 2175).
E
(341)
4.
On the substance of the issue the Governor's proposal is
My feeling is that the fundamentally unchanged.
likelihood of
an
י.
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