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Mr. Paul plspection
Thank you. He need to following with advice on para 5. One that is done. I think that the SS should write to Mr. Gorne.
FROM:
21 MAY 1991
KAM Saunders. REGISTR
Hong Kong Department
INDEX
DATE:
24 Apri
CC:
PA
1981
Action Far
PS/Lord Caithness
Sir J Coles
Mr Burns
Mr Davies, FED
Mr Crystal, News D
Special Advisers
Mr. Paul
Private Secretary
CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY MRS TERESA GORMAN MP
1. Mrs Gorman called on the Secretary of State at 10.00 am on 23 April. The meeting lasted approximately half an
hour.
2.
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Mrs Gorman said she knows Hong Kong quite well and has in the past done business there. She was concerned about the future, and wanted to make two main points. Her first
concern was the LegCo elections: she did not feel that Britain was doing enough to help the embryo political parties of Hong Kong with the technical and organisational aspects of holding successful elections. Financial resources were also a problem, and many of the people involved were politically naive. We should be inviting them over here to learn about election techniques or, better still, sending suitable advisers out to Hong Kong.
Mrs Gorman quoted the example of the Americans, who had paid for people, including some British MPs, to go to Latin America to help advise the new democratic parties there
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