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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TELNO 2321
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
OF 170955Z JULY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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CUSTR.
24 JUL 1986
| AGB 24/7.
(PLEASE PASS COPY TO SIR E. YOUDE ON ARRIVAL IN LONDON)
OUR TELNO 2184, 2289 AND YOUR TELNO 1427 : ACCOUNTABILITY
AS PROMISED IN PARA 8 OF FIRST TUR, WE HAVE PREPARED AT MIFT A
NOTE WHICH ATTEMPTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PRESENT, AS DISTINCT FROM THE FORMAL, POSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNOR. THE
NOTE MS INTENDED TO COUNTER LU PING'S POINT MADE DURING THE BLDC
POLITICAL SYSTEM SPECIAL GROUP MEETHING EARLIER THIS MONTH »N
SHENZHEN THAT THE PRESENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WAS ESSENTIALLY A
CONSULTATIVE BODY AND DID NOT FORM PART OF HONG KONG'S EXECUTIVE
AUTHORINTIES.
SUBJECT TO YOUR AGREEMENT, WE HOPE TO DEPLOY THIS NOTE WITH OUR
BLDC CONTACTS BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF SPECIAL GROUP MEETINGS
TO BE HELD IN XAMEN AT THE END OF AUGUST.
2. THE NOTE REFRAINS FROM DIHSCUSSING THE STRUCTURE OF THE FUTURE
SAR EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES (ON WHICH WE SHALL REVERT TO YOU PARA 4 OF OUR SECOND. TUR REFERS). HT FOCUSES ON THE PRESENT
ARRANGEMENTS AND STRESSES THAT THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL CONSTITUTES THE CENTRAL AND HIGHEST EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG, AND THAT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HIS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE ON MATTERS OF POLICY. THE INFERENCE TO BE DRAWN IS THAT THE SAR CHIEF
EXECUTIVE TOGETHER WITH HIS GROUP OF PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS, EVOLVING FROM THE GOVERNOR AND EXCO OF TODAY, WOULD CONSTITUTE THE CENTRAL SAR EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SAR LEGISLATURE. THE
''EXECUTIVE AUTHORINTHES'' REFERRED TO IN THE JOINT DECLARATION
INCLUDE THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
AKERS-JONES
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH DEPT (FE)
DEP/HD/PUSD
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W HARD ING.
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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