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DIST 7
MY TELNO 60: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER
WE HAVE NOW AMENDED THE DRAFT WHITE PAPER IN MY TELNOS 3 TO
10 IN THE LIGHT OF EXCO'S COMMENTS AS WELL AS THOSE CONTAINED IN YOUR TELNOS 23, 24 AND 66. MY SIX IFTS SET OUT THE AMENDMENTS MADE.
2. COPIES OF THE REVISED DRAFT,
INCORPORATING ALL THESE AMENDMENTS, ARE BEING SENT TO YOU AND PEKING BY THE BAGS LEAVING HERE TOMMORROW
12 JANUARY. COPIES ARE ALSO BEING ISSUED TO EXCO ASKING MEMBERS TO SEND FURTHER COMMENTS, IF ANY, TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK.
3. MY SEVENTH IFT CONTAINS THE DRAFT OF A PAPER, WHICH INCORPORATES THE TEXTS OF CHAPTERS III AND VIII, FOR HANDING OVER TO THE CHINESE.
4. THE TRANSLATION OF THE DRAFT PAPER TO HAND TO THE CHINESE IS
WELL IN HAND. WE SHALL NOT (NOT) HOWEVER BE ABLE TO COMPLETE IT
IN TIME FOR INCLUSION IN THE BAG LEAVING FOR PEKING TOMMORROW. THE NEXT BUT ONE BAG WILL NOT BE LEAVING HERE UNTIL 19 JANUARY. AS FAR AS HANDING THE PAPER TO THE CHINESE IS CONCERNED, THERE WOULD NOW SEEM TO BE THREE OPTIONS:
(A) PEKING HANDS OVER THE ENGLISH VERSION ON 13 JANUARY AS PLANNED COR, SINCE SUCH TIMING SEEMS IN PRACTICE UNREALISTIC, AS SOON THEREAFTER AS MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE IS OBTAINED) WITH
THE CHINESE TRANSLATION BEING HANDED OVER LATER. WE COULD GET THE CHINESE TRANSLATION TO PEKING BY HAND OF THE TEAM
LEAVING HERE ON 18 JANUARY FOR THE EXTRADITION EXPERT TALKS.
(B) WE SEND THE CHINESE VERSION TO PEKING BY SPECIAL COURIER
ON 14 JANUARY. PEKING THEN HANDS BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE
VERSIONS TO THE CHINESE ON 15 JANUARY.
(C) WE GET THE CHINESE VERSION TO PEKING AS IN (A) ABOVE.
PEKING HANDS BOTH VERSIONS TO THE CHINESE ON 19 JANUARY.
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