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Mr Ricketts
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PS/Lord Caithness
minister
JLG/LEGCO RELATIONSHIP
Problem
1.
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KAM Saunders
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 21 November 1991
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to see. We will have
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Whether to endorse Hong Kong's proposals, set out in the
attached telegram, suggesting ways of handling the vexed question of how to brief LegCo on JLG business.
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Recommendation
2.
These suggestions seem generally sensible, given that we
cannot hope completely to satisfy either the Chinese or
LegCo. Peking (telno 1963, attached) concur. I recommend
that we should reply to Hong Kong giving our agreement and making the points in para 5 below.
Background and Argument
3.
The
LegCo have requested formally, in a letter to the Governor from Allen Lee, to be briefed on JLG issues.
difficulties this raises are summarised in para 3 of Hong
Kong's telegram. Hong Kong proposes to send a careful reply to Allen Lee restating the formal position, which precludes formal briefing on JLG discussions, but to indicate the administration's readiness to talk to LegCo on a wide range
of issues. They will then tell Allen Lee (or his
successor), informally, how they propose to handle JLG issues in practice.
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