GRS 140
SECRET
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 177
OF 151OOOZ JANUARY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
SECRET
011/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
19 JAN 1987
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
20
TOP COPY DIST ?
YOUR TELNO 100: 1987 REVIEW: PUBLICATION OF GREEN PAPER
THERE HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT SERIES OF STATEMENTS THAT THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN APRIL/MAY 1987 OR THE FIRST HALF
OF 1987.
2. THESE INCLUDE BY THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AT A HONG KONG UNIVERSITY SEMINAR SEMICOLON BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE 1986/1987 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION: ''THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR'' SEMICOLON BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 12 OCTOBER 1986: **THE GREEN PAPER WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR' THE MOST RECENT IS BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR ON 29 DECEMBER 1986 SAYING THE GREEN PAPER WOULD BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1987.
3.
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SIMILAR STATEMENTS, BUT THESE GIVE THE TIME-SCALE AND THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY.
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