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TELNO 4679
OF 10110OZ DECEMBER 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: DISTRICT BOARDS AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS
FOLLOWING ARE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE IN MY TELNO 4648:
(A) PARA 2, THIRD SENTENCE: DELETE LAST ELEVEN WORDS AND REPLACE THEM WITH: ''IT IS NECESSARY TO ANNOUNCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE DECISION THAT UC MEMBERS SHOULD CEASE TO BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF DBS AS FROM 1989''.
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(B) PARA 4 FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ: ''HKG THEREFORE PROPOSE TO ANNOUNCE NUMBERS OF DB SEATS ON 17 DECEMBER, AND TO ANNOUNCE AT SAME TIME THAT UC MEMBERS WILL CEASE TO BE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF DBS AS FROM 1989**
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