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LORD KENNET
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1. Agreement could be amended under international law, provided both governments agreed.
(Hong Kong press summary, 6,7, 8 October).
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2. If Hong Kong people concerned about one particular issue above all, it would be Britain's duty to ask China to reopen negotiations.
Disappointing response to Assessment Office it would not reflect
Hong Kong people's views due to lack of comprehensive system of
gathering information and of "modern aids". (Hong Kong telegram 3246 18 October).
SIR ANTHONY KERSHAW
1. No possibility of Parliament seeking amendments to the Joint Declaration. The book cannot be reopened. Parliament will accept the agreement. Debate on proposed changes in status of Hong Kong residents holding British passports will probably be heated. X (Hong Kong press summary 2 October).
2. British passport holders and COI holders should be given equal travel rights, as status of BDTCs and non-BDTCs would be the same
after 1997. He would propose this in Parliament.
(GIST 4 October).
IVAN LAWRENCE
1.
China cannot be trusted not to interfere with fundamental
freedoms in Hong Kong.
There will not be direct elections to the SAR legislature.
There should be a bill of rights as part of the Basic Law and a
constitutional Court. Such provisions should be incorporated in
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