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FM FCO 181700Z FEB 181

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 161 OF 18 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON 24 FEBRUARY

1. LORD BROCKWAY HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING UNSTARRED QUESTION

FOR ANSWER ON 24 FEBRUARY:

'TO ASK HMG WHETHER THEY WILL APPOINT A ROYAL COMMISSION

TO SURVEY THE UNIQUE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG

AND TO MAKE RCCOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ITS FUTURE'.

2. AS YOU KNOW, AN UNSTARRED QUESTION TAKES THE FORM OF A SHORT

DEBATE OF ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THE END OF THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

IN THE LORDS. LORD BROCKWAY WILL INTRODUCE HIS SUBJECT, OTHER

PEERS MAY VERY WELL SPEAK, AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OR

LORD TREFGARNE IN HIS ABSENCE, WILL RESPOND.

3. A DRAFT WINDING-UP SPEECH, TO LAST ABOUT 15 MINUTES, IS

BEING PREPARED, ALONG WITH NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES FOR INCOR-

PORATION INTO THE SPEECH IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH POINTS RAISED

DURING THE DEBATE.

4. AN OUTLINE OF THE DRAFT SPEECH AND SUPPLEMENTARIES ARE IN

MIFT.

GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THESE AND ANY SUGGESTIONS

FOR ADDITIONAL POINTS BY DESKBY 200930Z.

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CARRINGTON

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PS. MR BLAKER

PS| LORD TREE BARNE

PSIPUS SIRE YOUDE MRDONALD

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HONG KONG GOV: OFFICE

LONDON.

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