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CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
DATE:
AM LAYDEN, HKD
24 March 1986
31
HAM 256/11
256/1 somrary of Statio
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
- 3 APR 1986
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THE HON JUSTICE JACKSON LIPKIN
1.
f rom
the
You a sked me to supply material for a re pl y
Secreta ry of State to Mr Justice Jackson-Lipkin's letter
As I told y ou by telephone, I advi se a ga inst Secretary of State's saying any thing to Mr Jackson-Lipkin the substance of the questions he ra i se s, for two reasons:
March.
a)
of 4
the
(and
Governor
in an awkward
it could put the Chief Justice and
ultimately the Secretary of State himself) and embarrassing position
Mr Jackson-Lipkin was correspondi ng di rect with the
i f
it
emerged that
The last
time
of State in this
Se creta ry of State about the se matters.
Mr Jackson-Lipkin wrote to the Secretary
way, we consulted the Governor, who said he would much
prefer по substantive re sponse to be sent; the Se creta ry
of State accepted this advice, and a ca refully worded reply was sent avoiding comment on substantive issues, but correcting
misunderstanding
fact
one
Mr Jackson-Lipkin's part;
b)
of
the chance s of misunderstanding and awkwardness increased by Mr Jackson-Lipkin's tendency to the wrong end of the stick ОП the matters
on
a re
that the re
to the administrative branch
get hold of
he ra i se s: in
i s a ban
of
on
the
/Hong
his latest letter he re peat s
expatriate recruitment
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