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HOWE MEETS MARTIN LEE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988
A
HOWE, AND
THE FOLLOWING WAS ISSUED BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE AFTER
SIR GEOFFREY SECRETARY, MEETING
FOREIGN BETWEEN THE MR MARTIN LEE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON (LONDON TIME):
SHOWED
THE
CASE OF HIS
FAVOUR OF IN PRESENTATION MR LEE MADE A
IN 1988. THE SECRETARY OF STATE INTRODUCTION OF DIRECT ELECTIONS
PROMISES AND BAD FAITH IN REJECTED THE ALLEGATIONS OF BROKEN
THAT THE DOCUMENTS DISTRIBUTED BY MR LEE. THE RECORD CLEARLY BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD NEVER ENTERED INTO A COMMITMENT TO INTRODUCE PAPER OF DIRECT ELECTIONS IN 1988. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WHITE OF DIRECTION QUESTION
ELECTIONS 1984 (PARAGRAPH 25) CONSIDERED THE
THE REVIEW
IN 1987 SITUATION AND GAVE
UNDERTAKING TO AN
AND A FURTHER HAND
WHITE (PARAGRAPH 48(H)). THIS REVIEW IS NOW IN
THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE HONG KONG PAPER WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED
THE EVIDENCE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID HE RESPECTED MR LEE'S VIEWS BUT
MR
THAT LEE'S CLAIM
THEY WERE OVERWHELMINGLY DID NOT SUPPORT SUPPORTED IN HONG KONG. THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG
PROGRESSIVE EVOLUTION
TO
FIRMLY COMMITTED GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.
THE
HE GAVE MR LEE THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO PRODUCE
GOVERNMENTS REMAIN OF REPRESENTATIVĖ
EVIDENCE "PROMISES" WHICH HE ALLEGED WERE BROKEN. MR LEE DID NOT DO SO.
MR LER HAD EARLIER PAID A SHORT CALL ON LORD GLENARTHUR.
OF TRE
TALKS ON NEW DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT WILL TALKS ARE EXPECTED
A FOURTH ROUND OF TALKS ON A NEW DEFENCE COSTS BE HELD IN HONG KONG ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 22). THE TO LAST FOR A FEW DAYS.
THE LED BY
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR BRIAN AT THE
THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL BE MR PIERS JACOBS, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT TEAM COUSINS, ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE (GENERAL FINANCE) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE.
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