TNAG-0117-FCO40-153-Constitutional-developments-1969 — Page 30

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HAVE NO REPEAT NO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN SENSE THAT IT

DOES NOT REPEAT NOT GOVERN THROUGH INSTITUTIONS COMPRISED

OF REPRESENTATIVES FREELY ELECTED BY PEOPLE UNQUOTE AND

THAT PRESENT SITUATION QUOTE GOES AGAINST BRITISH POSTWAR

COLONIAL POLICIES UNQUOTE PARA IN PARAGRAPH FOUR COMMA LETTER

STATES COLON QUOTE SOPHISTICATED AND FAR REACHING

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CHANGES IN NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF HONGKONG GOVERNMENT HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN RESISTED ON GROUNDS OF OUR SUBQUOTE PECULIAR

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION UNSUBQUOTE STOP THE LETTER CONTINUES

IN ITS FOURTH PARA QUOTE WE FEEL THIS ARGUMENT ALTHOUGH

WIDELY DISSEMINATED IS NOT REPEAT NOT VALID FOR FOLLOW INC

REASONS STOP TIS CLAIMED THAT HONGKONGS

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FUTURE IS CLOUDED WITH UNCEFTAINTY BECAUSE OF NATURE OF

TREATIES WHICH CREATED IT STOP BUT IF CHINA HAS TOLERATED

TILL NOW AN SUBQUOTE AUTONOMOUS AREA UNSUBQUOTE ON EDGE

OF ITS CONTINENT WE CAN ASSUME IT WILL SURELY TOLERATE

AYE MORE SOPHISTICATED EGALITARIAN AND ENLIGHTENED

ORDERING OF THAT SOCIETY DEVOTED TO

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