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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING
YOUR TELNO 51: MEETING WITH WANG, 28 APRIL: FOREIGN LAWYERS
1. I HANDED OVER THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT AS AGREED. I REFERRED TO THE PREVIOUS EMBARRASSMENT CAUSED WHEN THE CHINESE SIDE WERE ASKED TO COMMENT IN PUBLIC ON THIS QUESTION. IT WAS STILL CONTROVERSIAL AND THERE WAS THEREFORE A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE APPROACHED AGAIN. TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES, IT SEEMED TO US SENSIBLE TO PASS THE DOCUMENT TO THEM IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR INFORMATION. THE MATTER WAS, OF COURSE, ONE BETWEEN THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE LAW SOCIETY.
2. WANG THANKED ME FOR THE DOCUMENT WHICH HE SAID HE WOULD STUDY. HE MADE NO COMMENT OTHER THAN NOTING THAT THIS REMAINED A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN HONG KONG SOCIETY.
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