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Mr Bannerman,

Research Department

cc: Mr Burrows, Legal Advisers

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my ICM 15/9

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRECEDENTS FOR THE SEPARATION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND ADMINISTRATION

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Please refer to your minute of 18 July in reply to Mr Clifts of 7 July. As you know, I am working on a summary of Research Department's findings.

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2. I have today seen a list of examples of precedents sent to us y from Hong Kong. This is attached. Most of the examples feature already in the attachment to your minute of 18 July but I should be grateful to know urgently if any of the others appear to you to have any value for our specific purposes. let me know by the end of this week please?

Could you possibly

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