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and
Governor's proposals are inconsistent with the JD and the
BL and violate specific understandings between the British Chinese Governments. They have issued warnings that if
persists, the Chinese will start again from
and reconstitute the executive,
the Governor
scratch
in
1997,
legislative and judicial bodies in accordance with the BL,
although the extent to which they are prepared to go
remains uncertain.
7.
will
seek
combination
In addition to pursuing a media campaign, they
to influence groups and individuals by a
of threats and inducements. In particular they will put as much pressure as possible on Legco members not
to support the package, and will seek to persuade their
industrial contacts that confrontation with
commercial and
China is bad for business. They may also try to work on
selected civil servants with the aim of spreading concern
in the civil service.
8.
of
The Chinese will also look for additional ways
bringing pressure to bear which do not harm their own
interests e.g. calling off or scaling down, some visits.
They will
Committee.
want
to
permit no progress in the JLG and Airport
They could make difficulties about land grants
and possibily over contracts and franchises. They will bring it home to us that they have the power, if
choose to exercise it, to make the administration extremely difficult over the next four and a half years.
they