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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2223 OF 9 NOV
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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YOUR TELNOS 3419 AND 3420: WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT.
1. FCO TELNO 2201 CONVEYED THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S VIEW THAT
IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO BRING THE REVIEW FORWARD TO 1987. HE
IS OTHERWISE CONTENT WITH THE CHANGES TO THE GREEN PAPER APPROVED
BY EXCO AND RECORDED IN YOUR TELNO 3358,
2.
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B)
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D)
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WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR:-
PARAGRAPH 3. THE REFERENCE TO OPINION SURVEYS CARRIED OUT
BY THE GOVERNMENT MAY PROVOKE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY SIMILAR
POLLS WERE NOT CARRIED OUT ON THE AGREEMENT. IT MIGHT HELP
IF YOU WERE TO DROP THE WORDS BY BOTH GOVERNMENT AND
PUBLIC BODIES'.
PARAGRAPH 5. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT THIS POINT TO HAVE
SOME GENERAL EXPLANATION OF WHY THE WHITE PAPER SETS OUT
INTENTIONS FOR 1985 ONLY, WHEREAS THE GREEN PAPER LOOKED
AT THE PERIOD UP TO 1991.
PARAGRAPH 6. THE DRAFT AGREEMENT DOES NOT ACTUALLY MAKE
ANY REFERENCE TO PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND IT IS NOT
QUITE CLEAR TO THE READER WHETHER YOU HAVE IN MIND
DEVELOPMENT BEFORE OR AFTER 1997. SUGGEST DELETE THE
WORDS 'WHICH ALLOW ... GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM'.
PARAGRAPH 8, SECOND SENTENCE. WE SUGGEST THE
REPLACEMENT OF THE LAST EIGHT WORDS BY 'REPRESENTATION,
IN GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS, OF THE INTERESTS REPRESENTED IN THE
COLLEGE'. THERE WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE BALANCED
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MEMBERS. BY THE SAME TOKEN
WE SUGGEST THE REPLACEMENT OF DISTRIBUTION' BY
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