Mr Hum
PS/Mr Goodlad
PS/Mr Patten
CONFIDENTIAL
PA
FROM: P F Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 10 June 1992
cc: Sir J Coles
Special Advisers
HONG KONG: POLITICAL GAMEPLAN
1.
At Mr Goodlad's meeting with Mr Patten last week, it was agreed that we should produce two further papers for Mr Patten:
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a calendar of the main events in his first months as Governor, with an indication of how the main political issues should be handled over this period;
- a paper setting out ideas for adjusting the relationship between the Governor, the Executive and the Legislature.
2.
I now submit the first of these papers. I have cast it in the form of a gameplan. A also attach a first draft of the political elements for the Governor's speech on arrival in Hong Kong on 9 July. These are intended to convey a signal about the Governor's personal approach, without exposing surface which the Chinese could attack.
3.
We will be submitting the second paper shortly.
Becheth
PF Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
HKD 010/1
BE3ABE
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