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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1245
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
OUR TELNO 1188 AND 1223, AND PEKING TELNO 1027: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: EXCO MEETING ON 27 JULY
SUMMARY
EXCO AGREED TO THE STRATEGY FOR THE NINTH ROUND, AND TO OUR NINE PROPOSED FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES (FCS).
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ACTING SCA BRIEFED EXCO ON ROUND 8 OF THE TALKS. DESPITE THE SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTING OUTCOME OF THAT ROUND, THE NEGOTIATING TEAM WAS OF THE VIEW THAT THE AGREED STRATEGY FOR THE NINTH ROUND (I.E. THAT WE SHOULD PUT FORWARD OUR PROPOSALS ON FCS AND THAT WE SHOULD PUSH HARD FOR THE CHINESE TO BE SPECIFIC ON THE THROUGH TRAIN) REMAINED THE RIGHT ONE. THE GOVERNOR ADDED THAT HE HAD PERSONALLY DISCUSSED WITH SIR ROBIN MCLAREN: BOTH AGREED THAT PUTTING FORWARD OUR FC PROPOSALS WOULD PUT US IN A TACTICALLY STRONGER POSITION IN PRESSING THE CHINESE TO COME CLEAN ON THE THROUGH TRAIN.
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