53.
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54.
The Governor said if we decided to make
changes before going to the Legislative Council, we
should not try
negotiations-with
to test the water by holding talks or
the Chinese side. If we attempt to
negotiate, the Chinese will simply say the
modifications are insufficient.
that any modifications to the
We had to be careful
proposals would not
upset the liberals. If we ended up with something
closer to convergence, for example an EC consisting of
DB members plus the nine new FC6, this would lead to
wider representation and should not cause insuperable
difficulties for the liberals. The Chinese also could
not say such an approach
Annex II of the Basic Law.
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