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CONFIDENTIAL
This
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It now seems highly probable that a critical motion
will be tabled by the opposition in the
the House of Lords.
emerged from discussion yesterday evening and this morning between Lord Mishcon and the Hong Kong Government Office: please see Mr Haye's letter to me of 2 May and Hong
Kong telno 420. Quite properly the Governor declined to
advise Lord Mishc on on his tactics. But his response
amounted in fact to quite a clear steer away from any action which would have the effect of delaying the passing
of the draft order.
But it seems
Mishcon will be deterred.
unlikely that Lord
Cotten
CO Hum
2 May 1986
Hong Kong Department
CONFIDENTIAL.