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CONFIDENTIAL
TELELETTER
FROM T W M SMITH, PEKING
FILE REF: 020/393/19
16 JULY 1985
FOR J N POWELL ESQ! HONG KONG DEPT, FCO
COPY TO R P MARGOLIS ESQ, DPA, HONG KONG
(65 foc
HONG KONG TELNOS 1424-5: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: BASIC LAW DRAFTING
COMMITTEE
1. PARAGRAPH 9(D) OF SECOND TUR HERALDED THE POSSIBILITY OF STUDY
TOURS BY MAINLAND MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE TO HONG KONG.
2. WANG JIAJI (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S HKMO) TOLD ME OF ONE
SUCH TOUR WHEN I SAW HIM AT LUNCH RECENTLY. WANG SAID THAT A
DELEGATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HU SHENG (ONE OF THE DRAFTING
CIMMITTEE'S VICE-CHAIRMEN) WOULD VISIT HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER.
WANG WAS UNSURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THE DELEGATION. THE
MEMBERS WOULD IN THE MAIN BE LEGAL EXPERTS. A STUDY OF LEGAL MATTERS
WOULD FORM THE CORE OF THEIR WORK WHILE IN HONG KONG. HE IMPLIED
THAT THE DELEGATION WOULD REMAIN IN HONG KONG FOR SOME LENGTH OF
TIME. THEIR WORK WOULD CONTRIBUT TO PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND
PLENARY MEETING OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE IN MARCH 1986.
COMMENT
3. IT SEEMS SLIGHTLY SURPRISING THAT A LEGAL GROUP SHOULD BE LED
BY HU SHENG, GIVEN THAT AT THE RECENT DRAFTING COMMITTEE MEETING
HE WAS A CONVENOR OF THE POLITICAL RATHER THAN THE LEGAL AND
JUDICIAL GROUP.
T W M SMITH
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