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布政司署
香港下亞厘畢道
DIEU
本署檔號 Our Ref:
來函檔號 Your Ref.:
Ms. R. Marsden,
Hong Kong Department,
FCO.
Jean Romlind
PA Pol Parties.
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
нив он 15
13 SEP 1990
16 August 1990
Ma Stone (Receved
28/8
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Ms Coglin
PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS IN HONG KONG
With reference to Stephen Pattison's letter to you of 7 August, I am sure you will agree there is no need for any further reply to the petition. For obvious reasons we would prefer this issue to die down and I see little advantage in prolonging a debate where we have no chance at all of persuading the other party of our point of view. As you are aware, some public-spirited soul paid the fines and with that we would prefer the matter to close.
In any case the Bill of Rights may well result in the removal of this provision in the law.
Yoursora
Freshen
(S.E. Bradley)
Deputy Political Adviser
C.C.
S.D. Pattison, Esq.,
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