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EXPIRY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES LEASE IN 1997 (BRIEF NO.9).

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7. AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL BE STAYING AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

HE WILL NO DOUBT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GOVERNOR ON HIS

OWN. THIS WILL ENABLE HIM TO SEEK THE GOVERNOR'S PERSONAL VIEWS ON THE SORT OF PERSON WHO SHOULD SUCCEED HIM SIR MURRAY RETIRES IN APRIL 1982 (BRIEF NO.10). THE GOVERNOR MAY ALSO WISH TO DIS-

CUSS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE EFFECTS ON POLICE MORALE OF THE CURRENT HOMOSEXUALITY SCANDAL ARISING FROM THE DEATH OF POLICE

INSPECTOR MACLENNAN. THIS IS PRESENTLY THE SUBJECT OF A

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DURING THE COURSE OF WHICH THE COMMISSIONER

OF POLICE'S NAME HAS BEEN MENTIONED (BRIEF NO.11).

POLICE/MILITARY BRIEFING ON ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WORK

8. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA IS CURRENTLY HONG KONG'S

BIGGEST PROBLEM AND HAS BEEN THE GARRISON'S MAIN PREOCCUPATION

OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS. THE BRIEFING IN POLICE HEADQUARTERS BY THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY ON THEIR PRESENT OPERATIONS WILL PROVIDE

A USEFUL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSION ON THE EFFECT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ON HONG KONG AND THE MERITS OF OPERATION CHAMPION, UNDER WHICH ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NO MATTER WHERE THEY WERE ARRESTED WOULD BE RETURNED TO CHINA (BRIEFS NOS 8 AND 11). MEETING WITH SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE

9. SIR LAWRENCE (CHAIRMAN OF CHINA LIGHT AND POWER) HAS SOUGHT

THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE A PROPOSED JOINT PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN GUANGDONG,

SOUTHERN CHINA, IN WHICH WE HOPE THERE WILL BE A MAJOR BRITISH ELEMENT IN THE FORM OF EXPERTISE AND EQUIPMENT AND, POSSIBLY, EQUITY. IT COULD BE OF ENORMOUS IMPORTANCE, BOTH COMMERCIALLY AND

IN TERMS OF HONG KONG'S LONG-TERM FUTURE. THE DISCUSSIONS IN

PEKING WILL BE OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE SINCE WE NEED A CLEAR SIGNAL

AS TO THE EXTENT OF PEKING'S COMMITMENT AS OPPOSED TO GUANGDONG'S TO THE PROJECT (BRIEF NO.12).

MEETING WITH THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND

LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS (UMELCO)

10. THERE ARE NINE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (THE SENIOR ADVISORY BODY TO THE GOVERNOR). FIVE OF THEM ALSO

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