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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 190645Z NOV 34
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3516 OF 19 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
577-379
PEKING TELNOS 2782-34: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE
GOVERNMENT.
1. MCLAREN TOLD LU PING ON 16 NOVEMBER THAT THE LEGCO DEBATE
ON THE WHITE PAPER WAS LIKELY TO BE ON 29 NOVEMBER. AS A RESULT
OF MEETINGS HELD HERE ON 16 AND 17 NOVEMBER, IT HAS NOW BEEN
DECIDED THAT THE DEBATE SHOULD BE HELD IN JANUARY, POSSIBLY ON
9 JANUARY AND (IF NECESSARY) 10 JANUARY. THIS IS PARTLY TO MEET
THE UNOFFICIALS' STRONG WISH THAT THE DEBATE SHOULD TAKE PLACE
AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON THE DRAFT AGREEMENT, AND PARTLY
BECAUSE OTHER EVENTS IN DECEMBER WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT
TO FIND AN EARLIER DATE.
2. GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD PASS A MESSAGE TO LU PING TO EXPLAIN
THAT WHAT MCLAREN SAID ON THE DATE HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN AND THAT
THE DEBATE WILL NOT NOW BE UNTIL THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY.
YOUDE
LIMITED HKD
FED
MR WILSON
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