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not create any new impulse for reform. Such
persons were likely to be more conservative
and resistant to taxation than the present
membership.
d) We had to keep firmly in mind the objective
of getting as much done as possible before the
The
critical period of the early '80s.
best instrument for doing this would be a
Leg. Co. small enough to be susceptible to
persuasion by H.E. and C.S. but which still looked sufficiently all right to the population
to obtain consent. Educated, progressive
young executive types were the best candidates
for this purpose. Though grassroots membership
desirable
was/in itself and had cosmetic value in the
U.K., and would be provided, it must not be
allowed to get out of hand or frustrate necessary
Institutional change was in no
progress.
sense the key to the situation as stated in the
paper.
Furthermore Peking should not be
given any excuse for believing there was
likely to be any radical change in an order
which they had proved themselves willing to
live with.
H.E. then outlined the major social
programmes. He was satisfied that the maximum possible was being done on education, housing and
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