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PROBABLY A GOOD DEAL FEWER) THAN 25 PERCENT OF THE MEMBERS WITH THE OTHER 75 PERCENT OR MORE BEING DRAWN FROM OTHER AREAS SUCH AS THE FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES. THEY SEEM TO THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH CREDIBLE AND WORKABLE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MEET THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTION NOT SELECTION BUT WE SHALL SEE.
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I FEAR THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE READ TOO MUCH INTO THIS EXCHANGE. CLEARLY, I COULD NOT RULE OUT OF CONSIDERATION AN ELECTION COMMITTEE BASED ON THE BASIC LAW'S ANNEX 1 MODEL IF IT MET THE ELECTION NOT SELECTION PRINCIPLE, BUT IN COMMENTING TO THE PRESS AFTER OUR MEETING ONE OR TWO OF THE CRC TEAM SAID THAT I AGREED WITH THEIR SUGGESTION THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE ELECTION COMMITTEE SHOULD BE ELECTED, AND THEY IMPLIED THAT I WOULD ALSO ACCEPT THE BASIC LAW MODEL. WE PUT OUT A STATEMENT MAKING OUR POSITION CLEAR (A COPY WAS FAXED TO YOU ON 6 JANUARY). I AM SURE THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MAIN PROPOSITIONS THEY WILL ADVANCE ON 19 JANUARY.
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