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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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OF 201415Z FEBRUARY 89
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNOS 569-570:
BASIC LAW: LINE-TO-TAKE
1 THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE BASIC LAW WITH THE GOVERNOR ON 22 FEBRUARY. WE WILL THUS NOT BE ABLE TO LET YOU HAVE OUR FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE 23010OZ.
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HOWEVER, AT OFFICIAL LEVEL WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS
TO MAKE ON THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR:
(I) PARA 1, LINE 3: REPLACE QUOTE ARE OBLIGED UNQUOTE BY QUOTE HAVE THE RIGHT UNQUOTE.
(II) PARA 2, SQUARE BRACKETTED PASSAGE REPLACE THE LAST
CLAUSE WITH THE FOLLOWING QUOTE SUCH A CONSENSUS WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE DRAFTERS AS THEY SEEK TO DRAW UP A MODEL FOR THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE UNQUOTE
(III) PARA 3, LINE 2: REPLACE QUOTE PROMISED UNQUOTE BY QUOTE
PROVIDED FOR UNQUOTE
(IV) PARA 4, SQUARE BRACKETTED PASSAGE, LINE 4: REPLACE QUOTE
ON ARTICLE 106 UNQUOTE BY QUOTE ABOUT ARTICLE 106 AND ANY OTHER
ARTICLES OF THE DRAFT UNQUOTE.
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