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(ii)

Your paragraph (C):

insert a new paragraph

between paragraphs 7 and 8 as follows:

"HMG and the Hong Kong Government recognise that

policy decisions have often to be taken as a

matter of urgency and that speed of reaction in consultation is often of paramount importance". (iii) Your paragraph (D): add at the end of paragraph

3: "The venue of such negotiations shall be a

matter for decision between the Hong Kong Government and any third party."

(iv)

Your paragraph (F): add at the end of paragraph 1: "and with full regard to the Hong Kong

Government's views as to where those best

interests lie". (It was considered that,

given the constitutional position, no more than this could be said).

(11516) Dd.392077 300m 10/68 G.W.B.Ltd. Cp.863

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