psit.hk.PETER
JEB
April 1993
Roderic Lyne Esq CMG
Private Secretary
10 Downing Street
London SW1
HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
The Governor is lunching with the Prime Minister on 13 April.
You asked for an update on recent developments and any points which the Governor might want to raise.
The Foreign Secretary will hold a thorough discussion of the
way forward on Hong Kong with the Governor on the morning of
16 April. Sir Robin McLaren will also participate in that
meeting. The Foreign Minister and the Governor will be
seeing the Prime Minister at 1430 on 16 April and will
therefore be able to report any operational conclusions to him then, as well as discuss the issue of arrangements in
1997 for Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Servants, on which we
will send a separate briefing letter. We expect that the
Governor will therefore see the lunch as an opportunity for general discussion.
The issue of the 1995 Legislative Council (LegCo) elections
and our row with China continues to dominate political debate in Hong Kong. The present position is as follows:
the Governor has published draft legislation embodying his proposals, but has not introduced
this into LegCo;
CONFIDENTIAL