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Did they agree?
Members' advice is given confidentially. Must be respected. ExCo discussions must remain confidential.
What about the message from Mrs Thatcher referred to
in Mr. Hurd's letter of 18 January 19907
will you
be releasing it?
No plans to do so. Does not relate to the specific points addressed by Mr. Lu Ping.
You say that LegCo cannot be absolved from the responsibility of deciding on the future constitutional arrangements for Hong Kong. But how can they be expected to do so if half the story is hidden from them in confidential exchanges?
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Plain from exchanges that there are no secret
deals
Nor will so do not accept your premise.
there be any secret deals. The Governor has kept Legco fully in the picture both before and after his visit to Peking. Indeed he has been
criticised by some, including LegCo members, not discussing his proposals in secret with
China first.
for
In his message of 12 February 1990, Douglas Hurd says "I agree in principle with the arrangements which you propose for an Electoral Committee, which could be established in 1995. The precise details
of how this should be done could be discussed
between our two sides in due course. Meanwhile, I hope that the five principles which you have agreed can be reflected in the Basic Law".
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