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REGISTRY Action Taken
FROM:
PF Ricketts
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
4 June 1993
CC:
PS/PUS
Sir J Coles
Mr Fry, FED
Mr Wye, FAD
Mr Hum
PS/Mr Goodlad
Private Secretary
HONG KONG: TALKS ON ELECTORAL ISSUES: STRATEGY
PROBLEM
1.
Gameplan for handling the policy aspects of the talks up to the summer break.
RECOMMENDATION
2. (a) That we should pin down arrangements for a stock-taking at OPD (K) on 1 July for which the Governor and Sir R McLaren should be invited to
return.
(b) That we should, as the Secretary of State has asked, review after the Fifth Round of talks (14-16 June) the question of a visit by him to Peking on 9 July. Whether or not that visit takes place, we should plan for two rounds of talks in June and a further two in July.
I submit a draft Private Secretary letter to No 10 on an OPD (K) meeting. The Governor and Sir R McLaren agree with this approach.
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