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SINO-BRITISH TALKS ON ELECTORAL ISSUES: WORDING ON
PARTICIPATION BY HKG REPRESENTATIVES
1.
Joint announcement as originally proposed by Chinese side
(attached). We would tell the Chinese side that if asked, we
would say unilaterally in public:
"It is our understanding that both sides accept
that Hong Kong Government officials should have the same role as in previous discussions between
the two sides."
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2.
First fall-back:
3.
Add on to the existing wording: "The British
Government Representative will be Sir R McLaren. The Chinese Government Representative will be Jiang Enzhu."
Second fall-back:
Add to the existing wording and the first
fall-back: "The two Representatives will be supported by a number of officials".
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