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OF 140845Z JANUARY 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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15 JAN 1986
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AB 15/
HONG KONG TELNOS 125-7: MR RENTON'S VISIT: REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG
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1. I AGREE THAT THE BULK OF THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE IN SECOND
TUR MIGHT BE MORE EFFECTIVELY USED WITH JI PENGFEI. BUT I RECOMMEND THAT MR RENTON SHOULD ALSO DRAW ON IT TO SPEAK MORE BRIEFLY ON THIS TO ZHOU NAN. IT IS A SUBJECT ON WHICH ZHOU HAS REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED STRONG VIEWS. MOREOVER, I THINK IT QUITE LIKELY
THAT HE WILL BRING IT UP HIMSELF.
2. OUR DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE REDRAFT ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) PARAGRAPH 3. WE SHOULD STICK TO THE FORMULA USED AT THE LAST JLG AND TALK OF INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS ON HOW IDEAS ABOUT REFORM OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE BEFORE 1997 AND IDEAS ABOUT GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE POST-1997 COULD CONVERGE''
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(B) PARAGRAPH 12. WE ASSUME THAT BY VARIOUS COMMITTEES SET UP BY THE CHINESE'' WE MEAN THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE AND THE BASIC LAW CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, IN WHICH CASE THAT IS WHAT
WE SHOULD SAY.
EVANS
LIMITED
HKD
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PS
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON
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