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Mrs Fewster, NTD

Mr Johnson, Parliamentary Unit

Mr Clark, News Department

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY

OFFICE AND MONITORING TEAM

REPORTS OF ASSESSMENT

PROBLEM

1.

9/4

To decide how much of the evidence submitted to the Assessment

Office should be published together with the Assessment Office

report.

RECOMMENDATION

2.

I recommend that we should publish only the report as a White

Paper, but should lay bound copies of the evidence submitted by

organisations in the Libraries of the House of Commons and the House

of Lords. I submit a a draft telegram to Hong Kong.

BACKGROUND AND ARGUME NT

3. The collection of opinion by the Assessment Office is nearly

complete. The response in Hong Kong to the invitation to comment

the agreement has not been overwhelming, but it has been largely

on

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