OCMIAN 9530
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OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
111700Z JUL
GRS 317
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1427
OF 111700Z JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNOS 2171, 2184, 2213 AND 2214: BASIC LAW:
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE
1.
THANK YOU FOR TURS. WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE SENSIBLE
TO SAY SOMETHING TO THE CHINESE IN THE MARGINS OF THE JLG ABOUT
'ACCOUNTABILITY'.
2.
IT SEEMS TO US, HOWEVER, THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL IF WE
COULD DEVELOP A LITTLE FURTHER OUR OWN THINKING, NOT ONLY ON
'ACCOUNTABILITY' BUT ALSO ON RELATED POINTS SUCH AS THE STRUCTURE
OF THE SAR'S EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES, IN ADVANCE OF THAT. WE HAVE
ALREADY (OUR TELNO 1382) POINTED TO THE DESIRABILITY OF DOING SO,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR REACTION TO THAT TELEGRAM.
WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS ON OUR
TELNO 1221, PROMISED IN YOUR TELNO 1983.
IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE
HAPPY WITH THE LINE TO TAKE ON ACCOUNTABILITY IN FOURTH TUR.
INDEED WE HOPE YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO USE IT IN PUBLIC BEFORE
LONG, BECAUSE WE THINK IT WOULD BE A CONSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTION TO
THE PUBLIC DEBATE NOW TAKING PLACE IN HONG KONG.
3.
AS TO TAKING THE MATTER UP WITH THE CHINESE, WE ARE
INCLINED NOT TO CONDUCT A POST-MORTEM OVER THE UNDERSTANDING
WHICH THEY SEEM TO THINK WAS REACHED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS. WE
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