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These three amendments have also been suggested from the point of view of international pres ntation and were discussed with, an agreed by, Hazlerigg.
The amendments proposed both to the despatch and to Inclosure 7 have all been agree by MacDougall by telegram.
Comin now to our draft despatch, the principal points which still remained for settlement after you hed want us your 1. t telegram on the Constitution before leaving dong Kong.wore,... m
(a) the proportion of Chinese seats on the Council, (b) the allocation of nominated seat to the Trades
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(c) tuestion of electoral quelifications.
You will see from the draft that on the first two of the questions Mr. Creach Jones has accepteu the advic: costained in your telegram. In regard to (a)
o ever, there are two points I should mention." Our orițiael suggestion, to which you nurted, .3 that thecratury of tate's despatch chrul.. „mpress the view that this decision must be regarde as subject to revier, in the light of experienc and changing conditione. You will see from para reph ¿(..) "or" "the draft despatch that the words "for the present" have now been introduced, and that th mufer nos to changing conditions he boon deleted. Thieletion as mulle as a result of a suggertion by Grantaum, who feared that the passage delete might be liable to misinter- pretation. @ have sent him a copy of the latest iect.
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