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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 759 OF 9 AUGUST

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

YOUR TELNO 1143: REVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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SUBJECT TO ANY COMMENTS PEKING MAY HAVE, WE SEE NO OBJECTION

TO YOUR PROPOSALS.

2. WE ARE NOT CLEAR IF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WORKING PARTY

WILL BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED. IT WOULD PROBABLY BECOME PUBLICLY KNOWN IF IT CONSULTED EG URBAN COUNCIL, HEUNG YEE KUK. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT THAT TERMS OF

REFERENCE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS WAS A LOCAL EXERCISE TO

CORRECT THE ANOMALY OUTLINED IN PARAS 4 AND 5 OF TUR AND WAS NOT CONNECTED IN ANY WAY WITH 1997 NOR WITH AN EXTENSION OF THE FRANCHISE. THUS, ALTHOUG THE WORKING PARTY WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER THE OPTIONS IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF TUR, WE THINK IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF TERMS OF REFERENCE DID NOT MENTION THEM, BUT WERE BASED INSTEAD IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5.

3. YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER WHAT IF ANYTHING MAY NEED TO BE

SAID TO NCNA, EITHER ON YOUR INITIATIVE OR DEFENSIVELY.

RAISON

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PS/MR LUCE

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

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