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TO DESKBY 29083OZ FCO
TELNO 492
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MDHIAN 5173
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REGISTRY Action Taken:
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JL HONG KONG
92
TALKS WITH THE CHINESE: EXCO, 30 MARCH
1 I WILL DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF TALKS WITH EXCO ON 30 MARCH AND SEND MY VIEWS AFTERWARDS.
2. AT THAT MEETING WE WILL NEED FORMALLY TO DECIDE ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO INTRODUCE THE LEGISLATION ON 31 MARCH. I WOULD NOT EXPECT ANY PRESSURE TO INTRODUCE, FOLLOWING REMARKS OF EVEN LIBERAL MEMBERS OF LEGCO THAT THERE IS NO RUSH BEFORE 21 APRIL.
3. SUBJECT TO ANY VIEWS YOU MAY HAVE DESKBY 300O3OZ I PLAN TO SEEK THE COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC STATEMENT:
'THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS, A DECISION ON THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE REMAINING BILL ON THE 1994/95 ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN AFTER EASTER. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RECOGNISES THE NEED TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE LEGISLATION TO BE ENACTED BEFORE THE SUMMER RECESS.'
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