TNAG-1329-FCO40-1756-Future-of-Hong-Kong-test-of-the-acceptability-of-the-Joint-D-1984 — Page 76

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postpone Parliamentary debate in to the first week Or ten days of December, despite the likelihood of criticism from the Chinese. This would allow the test of acceptability to take the best part of two months. We should not however allow any further slippage to take place, because of the Parliamentary hazards that we might then have to face.

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24 July 1984

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Hong Kong Department