TNAG-1329-FCO40-1756-Future-of-Hong-Kong-test-of-the-acceptability-of-the-Joint-D-1984 — Page 43

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DD 150100Z HONG KONG

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FM FCO 141805Z AUG 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1616 OF 14 AUGUST

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

MKK040 46

16 AUG 1984

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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY

44) YOUR TELNO 2353:

1.

MONITORS

JALG

SIR P NAIRNE HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT AS THE UK-BASED

MONITOR. HE IS ANXIOUS THAT THE APPOINTMENT SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED SOON SO THAT HE CAN CLEAR HIS LINES WITH HIS COLLEGE. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALSO ANXIOUS FOR AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT, PARTICULARLY GIVEN PRESS RUMOURS ABOUT MR JUSTICE LI'S APPOINTMENT. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS WE PROPOSE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BOTH APPOINTMENTS EITHER ON FRIDAY 17 AUGUST OR MONDAY

20 AUGUST. WHICH WOULD SUIT YOU BETTER?

2. WE DO NOT THINK THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN ADD IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE PUBLIC ABOUT THE TASKS OF THE MONITORS. IN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT WE WOULD REFER BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY AND OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE. WE SHOULD OF COURSE ALSO MAKE SOME BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS AVAILABLE, AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR SUITABLE DETAILS ON MR JUSTICE LI.

3. I HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO CONTACT SIR P NAIRNE ON 15 AUGUST ABOUT TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT. GRATEFUL FOR REPLY BY 151200Z.

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