OCMIAN 2322
CONFIDENTIAL
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FM FCOLN TO HOKON
151020Z SEP
GRS 272
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1944
OF 151020Z SEPTEMBER 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: PREPARATION OF PAPERS
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1.
IN THE LIGHT OF OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE GOVERNOR LAST
WEEK WE SHOULD RECORD THE POSITION AS WE UNDERSTAND IT ON THE
PREPARATION OF PAPERS.
PAPERS FOR INTERNAL CONSIDERATION
2.
WE SHALL COMMENT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THE PAPER ON
THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE CONTAINED IN YOUR TELNO
2898, TOGETHER WITH ITS ANNEXES.
3.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE WRITING A PAPER OR PAPERS ON
THE LEGAL ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN OUR TELNO 1927.
PAPERS FOR POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION TO THE CHINESE
4.
THE GOVERNOR KINDLY UNDERTOOK THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE
DRAFTS ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
A.
B•
C.
POSSIBLE METHODS OF CONDUCTING DIRECT ELECTIONS:
THE POSSIBLE ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATURE AFTER 1997 OF
MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO AN ELECTORAL
COLLEGE:
THE DISADVANTAGES OF STIPULATING IN THE BASIC LAW THAT
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RECEIVE
INDI
FRUISTHY 22 SEP 1986
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