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PERSONAL FOR HU, HR, FROM GOVERNOR YOUR TELNO 2416 PAPERS FOR OD(K)
I AM STILL DOUBTFUL ABOUT THE ASSERTION THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS TO LEGCO, FOR HOWEVER FEV SEATS, COULD IN ITSELF HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STABILITY. WE HAVE AS YOU KNOW HAD DIRECT ELECTIONS AT THE DE ANU THE COUNCIL LEVEL FOR SOME YEARS. PEOPLE HAVE BECOME USED TO THE HUSTINGS AND THE GENERAL EXCITEMENT OF AN ELECTION. IT IS TRUE OF COURSE THAT ELECTIONS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LEVEL WOULD TE NEW, BUT I DO NOT MYSELF THINK THAT THE DANGER TO STABILITY LIES SO MUCH IN THEIR INTRODUCTION PER SE, IT WOULD LIE IN ANY CHANGE IN THE NUMBERS ELECTED AND HENCE THE BALANCE OF FORCES IN LECCO.
2. DESPITE THE APPARENT DIFFERENCE OF VIEW ON THIS MATTER, ! WOULD BE CONTENT WITH THE REVISED PARAGRAPH 04 IN PARA. 4 OF TUR, SUBJECT TO THE DELETION OF THE LAST 9 WORDS OF THE PENULTIMATE
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I AM CONTENT TO PUT THE PAPERS TO EXCO ON 11 NOVEMBER. KOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW DESKBY OCOO3OZ OF ANY FURTHER CHANGES TO THEM.
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