OCMIAN 2498
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281510z OCT
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TELNO 2402
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Action Taken
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
MY TELNO 2363: PAPERS FOR OD(K)
1.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW COMMENTED ON THE TWO
PAPERS DRAFTED FOR OD(K). HE HAS ASKED FOR REDRAFTED VERSIONS TO
BE SUBMITTED TO HIM TODAY, IN PREPARATION FOR AN OFFICE MEETING
ON 29 OCTOBER.
2.
THE REVISED DRAFTS ARE CONTAINED IN A SERIES OF
IFTS (6 IN ALL).
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS TO BE REFLECTED AT TOMORROW'S
MEETING, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE DESKBY 290900Z.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
3.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS INSTRUCTED THAT THE PAPER
SHOULD BE PRESENTED MORE POSITIVELY TO POINT IN FAVOUR OF OPTION
B. WE SHOULD DRAW GREATER ATTENTION TO THE INFLUENCE WHICH IT
WOULD GIVE US OVER WHAT HAPPENS IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. HE HAS
ALSO COMMENTED THAT HE IS MORE IN FAVOUR OF DEVOLUTION THAN OF
DELEGATION OF POWERS TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE (DESIGNATE): THE
FORMER SOUNDS LESS RECOVERABLE, AND DOES MORE TO ESTABLISH THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE. IN EITHER CASE THE POWERS
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