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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES: MESSAGE TO LU PING
1. AS YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER YOUR MEETING WITH QIAN QICHEN IN NEW YORK I PLAN TO SEND LU PING A PERSONAL MESSAGE OUTLINING THE MAIN CONSTITUTIONAL POINTS IN MY LEGCO ADDRESS.
2. A DRAFT IS IN MIFT. IT FOLLOWS CLOSELY THE REVISED SPEAKING NOTE WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS PREPARED FOR THE NEW YORK MEETING. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS.
3. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF THE AMBASSADOR, I SUGGEST THAT IT BE HANDED OVER BY THE AMBASSADOR ON THE MORNING OF 26 SEPTEMBER, EVEN THOUGH LU PING HIMSELF WILL BE OUT OF PEKING THEN.
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