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(c) Contact with Recent Visitors to Hong Kong
There may be a particular case for contacting recent backbench visitors to Hong Kong. Mr James Hill appears to have implied in public in Hong Kong that the debate would be ill-attended and would achieve nothing, because the British Government had washed its hands of Hong Kong and was under pressure to maintain the status quo. Mr Robert Hughes and Mr Clive Soley were quoted in the Hong Kong press as saying that they believe direct elections should be introduced this year.
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A further factor to be considered is a possible second visit by Mr Martin Lee. He has indicated in Hong Kong that he will come to London before the debate, but as yet we have heard nothing from him. Ministers have agreed that if he seeks a meeting with them he should be received on his own by Lord Glenarthur and, if possible,
Our taken on for a brief meeting with the Secretary of State. handling of the press may well need to be adjusted to deal with any new propaganda onslaught from Mr Lee.
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