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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
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OF 270639Z SEPTEMBER 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS TO LEGCO: 11 OCTOBER.
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I AM CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT TEXTS IN TURS SUBJECT TO ONE SMALL, BUT IMPORTANT, SUGGESTION: PARA 7 IN SECOND T U R IS ADMIRABLY BALANCED. IT AND THE SPEECH AS A WHOLE WILL NO DOUBT BE MINUTELY INSPECTED BY THE CHINESE AND I THINK THE THIRD AND FOURTH SENTENCES OF THAT PARAGRAPH WILL BE ESPECIALLY MULLED OVER. TO MAKE THESE MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE TO THE CHINESE I THEREFORE SUGGEST ADDING AT THE END OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE
เ 1 ... AS ENVISAGED IN THE PRINCIPLE OF 'ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS'
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PRESUMABLY 'GRATEFUL PARA 41 IN FOURTH TUR.
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