CONFIDENTIAL
OO HONG KONG (DESKBY 110100Z)
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CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 11010OZ
FM FCO 101635Z NOV 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 44 OF 10 NOVEMBER
YOUR TELNO 1299: LEGCO DEBATE
35057 - 1
NO DIUTION
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1. THANK YOU FOR SIGHT OF DRAFT SPEECH, WHICH WE FEEL HITS THE
RIGHT NOTE.
2. OUR ONLY COMMENTS ARE:
A. SUGGEST PARAGRAPH 32, LINE 11 READ
'(EXECUTIVE COUNCIL)
WILL ALWAYS BE INFORMED FIRST'. THE REFERENCE TO
CONSULTATION IS AMBIGUOUS.
B. SIMILARLY, WE WOULD PREFER YOU TO EXCLUDE QUOTE FROM
T S LO ABOUT LEGCO'S ROLE. TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, THIS COULD SUGGEST THAT THE SUBJECT OF THE FUTURE WILL BE
DEBATED IN LEGCO. IF YOU WISH TO QUOTE HIM, WE SUGGEST
THE SENTENCE ON CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF
HIS SPEECH, WHICH WOULD FIT WELL EARLIER IN PARAGRAPH 32. C. DELETE INTO IN LINE 6 OF PARAGRAPH 34.
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