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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2790
OF 170955Z JULY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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爆警
30 JUL 1987
45
YOUR TELNO 1963: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: LONGER TERM ISSUES
WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH 1 OF TUR WE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT A PAPER TO
THE EXCO MEETING ON 22 JULY SEEKING FURTHER GUIDANCE ON THE
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE QUESTION OF THE TERM OF OFFICE OF
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THAT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
WE ARE INCLINING TO THE VIEW THAT YOUR APPROACH OFFERS THE NEATEST
SOLUTION TO AN OTHERWISE VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE.
2. WE WILL THEN RE-CAST THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF NOTES 1 AND 3 IN
THE LIGHT OF EXCO ADVICE, TO SEND TO YOU DESK BY 221200Z. IF WE CAN RECEIVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM YOU THE FOLLOWING MORNING WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR DEADLINE FOR DISPATCH TO PEKING OF
24 JULY.
WILSON
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