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FUTURE EGRET
FM HONG KONG 25064OZ JAN 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING,
FUTURE EGRET
TELEGRAM NUMBER 188 OF 25 JANUARY
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PERSONAL FOR DONALD FROM HADDON-CAVE
+KK040/11
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
25 JAN 1984
DESK OFFICER
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SEGISTRY
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YOUR TELNO 117: FUTURE EGRET: WORKING PAPERS.
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WE AGREE WITH YOU OBJECTIVE AND WE, FOR OUR PART, WILL DO ALL WE CAN TO SEE THAT IT IS ACHIEVED.
2. AS A GENERAL POINT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD BE KEPT ADVISED OF CHANGES IN WORKING PAPERS AT EACH STAGE AND BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE FINAL DRAFTS BEFORE THEY ARE SUBMITTED
TO MINISTERS.
3. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON EACH OF THE FOUR CENTRAL ISSUE PAPERS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TEL UNDER REF: A. DEFENCE AND INTERNAL SECURITY.
WE MAY HAVE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN WORDING IN PARAGRAPH 2, BUT THESE MIGHT MOST CONVENIENTLY BE DEALT WITH AT THE EXECUTIVE
GOUNCIL STAGE.
B. PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE ARE EXAMINING YOUR TELEGRAM 113, 119 AND 119 URGENTLY AND
AGREE YOUR TIMETABLE.
C. CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES. WE NOTE YOUR TIMETABLE. IN OUR TELEGRAM 164 WE SAID WE WOULD HAVE SOME FURTHER COMMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND. WE ARE NOW DRAFTING A PAPER IN WHICH THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS (1.E. THE BASIC LAW) WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND WHICH WOULD ALSO DEAL WITH THE QUESTION OF WHICH SECTIONS OF THE LETTERS PATENT, ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS AND COLONIAL REGULATIONS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BY THE BASIC LAW.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE PURSUING OUR IDEAS WITH THE AMBASSADOR IN PEKING AND THEN, ON HIS RETURN, WE SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO
COMMENT ON PEKING TELEGRAMS 85 AND 1 AND YOUR TELS 93 AND 44"
D. NATIONALITY.
IN VIEW OF THE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE NATURE OF THIS ISSUE, AND THE LINE TAKEN BY UNOFFICIALS IN LONDON, I ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND CONSULTING THE GOVERNOR ON THE FINAL TERMS OF THE SUBMISSION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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