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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
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JD I Boyd Esq OMG
Political Adviser
CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL
19 July 1985.
Government Secretariat
HONG KONG
Dean
John,
LEGOO (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE
1.
As you know, I fear only too well, the LEGCO Powers and Privileges Ordinance, and the high
and the high decibel
decibel row which accompanied its progress through the Legislative Council were matters of considerable Ministerial concern here. We needed to make a number of submissions about the Bill
and its implications.
relation to
2. After the Bill had passed through LEGCO we discovered indirectly from the EXOO minutes of their Part II meetings
11 on
and 18 June, and from one of Alec Goldsmith's reports,
reports, of the NCNA activity in this Bill. The Chinese view is of
of course an important the dimension, and I think it would part of
have been help ful
if
reported you had
this NCNA involvement by telegram when it occured.
3. I am sorry to write in a mildly complaining mode, but could I just ask you to bear in mind that we are normally very interested indeed in receiving quick reports of NCNA activities in relation to any such matters.
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A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
CONFIDENTIAL AND PERSONAL