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PRESENT SET OF PAPERS SETS OUT OUR THINKING ON CERTAIN
LONGER-TERM ISSUES CONNECTED WITH OVERALL STRUCTURE OF
GOVERNMENT. CONSIDERS ROLE WHICH MIGHT BE PLAYED IN
GOVERNMENT OF FUTURE SAR BY THE MAIN INSTITUTIONS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE:
NAMELY
PAPERS FORM CONTINUATION OF SERIES BEGUN WITH THOSE
PASSED BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO WU IN BRUSSELS IN MAY
1986 AND PEKING IN OCTOBER 1986. PREPARED AT DIRECTION
OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND APPROVED BY HIM. WE HOPE IDEAS
WHICH THEY CONTAIN WILL BE HELPFUL TO CHINESE SIDE IN
DRAFTING OF BASIC LAW.
WHEN CHINESE SIDE HAS STUDIED IDEAS RAISED IN THE PAPERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THROUGH DIPLOMATIC OR OTHER
APPROPRIATE CHANNELS. ONE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE VISIT
WHICH, AS CHINESE SIDE KNOWS, GOVERNOR IS THINKING OF
MAKING TO PEKING IN EARLY AUTUMN.
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