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OCMIAN 8465
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OO PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
021330Z JAN
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
13 JAN 1987
OFFIC
SECRET
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 7
OF 021330Z JANUARY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM LAYDEN, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT.
MIFT: POSSIBLE POSTPONEMENT OF 1987 REVIEW
FOLLOWING IS REMAINDER OF TEXT OF PAPER DRAFTED BY HUM RE REVIEW
OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE
16.
DURING 1987 IT WILL BE VITAL TO MAINTAIN THE CLOSEST
POSSIBLE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE OVER THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE
REVIEW. IT WILL BE NECESSARY:
(I)
REVIEW,
(II)
TO REASSURE THEM OF. OUR INTENTIONS IN CONDUCTING THE
TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IN ADVANCE WHAT ISSUES IT WILL HAVE TO
COVER, AND HOW HONG KONG OPINION IS LIKELY TO EXPRESS ITSELF ON
EACH,
(III) TO DESCRIBE THE SCOPE OF THE GREEN AND WHITE PAPERS, AND
TO GIVEN THEM ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE TEXTS,
(IV) IN PARTICULAR TO EXPLAIN WHAT PROPOSALS WE DECIDE WE HAVE
TO MAKE IN THE WHITE PAPER, INCLUDING POSSIBLY PROPOSALS ON
DIRECT ELECTIONS.
(V)
TO KEEP ABREAST OF THEIR OWN THINKING ON THESE ISSUES.
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