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the two governments have stepped back from their earlier commitment to develop democratic government in Hong Kong
(SIC) and their promise to introduce direct elections in
1988;
this is the result of pressure from China, with whom the British Government is now in cahoots in denying Hong Kong people their wish to see direct elections in 1988; the review of representative government was a "fraud" designed to confuse the issues and deceive the public; the Survey Office report was manipulated by the Hong Kong Government in order to obscure the true picture of the views of the Hong Kong people;
in particular the public opinion surveys commissioned by the Survey Office were deliberately misleading in their framing of key questions, and their results should therefore be discounted.
These are likely to be the themes which he develops in his call on Lord Glenarthur.
5. Mr Lee sought meetings with the Prime Minister and the
Secretary of State. He was told that their programmes would not permit this.
He also pressed for Lord Glenarthur to receive his entire delegation (about 10 strong). In accordance with the advice
of the Governor, Ministers decided Mr Lee should be told that it would be appropriate for only the three Legislative Counsellors to be received by the Minister.
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A similar delegation of Mr Lee's associates, headed by three of his LegCo allies, has announced its intention to travel to Peking for discussions with Chinese leaders. According to the press they have been formally told by the NCNA that the Chinese government will not receive them, on the grounds that the review and the Survey Office report are matters for the British and Hong Kong Governments. Despite this rebuff, the delegation maintains that it will visit Peking as planned.
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