February 1993
J S Wall Esq LVO
Private Secretary
10 Downing Street
London SW1
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Hong Kong:
Constitutional Development
The Prime Minister approved the text of the Foreign Secretary's message to the Chinese Foreign Minister forewarning him that the Governor planned to publish draft legislation on his
electoral proposals on 12 February.
As the Foreign Secretary mentioned at Cabinet, the Chinese
Foreign Minister has now responded.
Hong Kong will be discussing the next steps with the Governor,
and with ExCo on 16 February. The Foreign Secretary's initial
conclusions are that:
This is a moderately encouraging development,
although we and the Chinese remain far apart on
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