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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 237 TO HONG KONG: PQ BY ROBERT PARRY MP: REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG
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WE DOURT THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE OF THE DRAFT REPLY IN PARA-- GRAPH 2 OF TUR WOULD GO DOWN WELL WITH THE CHINESE. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST, PARTICULARLY AS IT DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO ANSWERING MR PARRY'S QUESTION, THAT IT BE DELETED AND THE REPLY BE RECAST
ALONG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
''THERE WILL RE A REVIEW OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG IN 1987. DECISIONS ON ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS MUST AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THAT REVIEW. THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP DISCUSSED RECENT CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S POLITICAL SYSTEM AT THE GROUP'S SECOND MEETING BETWEEN 26 AND 29 NOVEMBER 1935. THE GROUP'S PROCEEDINGS ARE CONFIDENTIAL. BUT THE ATMOSPHERE
OF THE DISCUSSIONS WAS FRIENDLY AND COOPERATIVE'
EVANS
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PS/MR RENTON
SIR W. HARDING
MR WILSON
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
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