TNAG-1287-FCO40-1638-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 36

From the Private Secretary

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10 DOWNING STREET

HICK OL. 3.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

13 JUL 1984

IND

Dear Len

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SP Cradock

So W Harding De Wilson

11 July, 1984

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FED

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT UP TO AND

Thank you for your of the Governor of Hong

AFTER 1997

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letter of 10 July about the role Kong in the 1990s.

The Prime Minister agrees with the conclusion that we should leave our options open on the role of the Governor, not raise the question with the Chinese now, but not take any action that would rule out the possibility of an elected governorship before 1997.

I am sending a copy of this letter to the other Private. Secretaries of OD(K).

yas

diceret,

Praus Rucks

(C.D. Powell)

L.V. Appleyard, Esq.,

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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