TNAG-1220-FCO40-1530-Democratic-representation-and-reform-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 10

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30 December 1983

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Dear Peter,

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The Prime Minister was grateful for your Secretary of State's minute of 23 December with which he enclosed a draft paper by the Governor on constitutional and governmental development.

The Prime Minister has read the draft paper with interest. She considers that it would be wrong to magnify the obstacles to the extension of democracy. She has pointed out that Zimbabwe had never had full elections before, but voted in strength when given the opportunity to do so.

Yours

David

ever,

Peter Ricketts Esq

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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David Barclay