TNAG-1330-FCO40-1757-Future-of-Hong-Kong-test-of-the-acceptability-of-the-Joint-D-1984 — Page 339

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- In North Yorkshire

(72) MKK040146

from the Master The Rt. Hon. Sir Patrick Nairne, G.C.B., M.C., M.A. St. Catherine's College Oxford oX1 3UJ

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Telephone (0865) 249541

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Dear Tony, your thoughts are concentrated on

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on the discussions 1421/ci Poking. As I (lucky follow) Framp across the North Yorkshire thoughts koop coming back to the subsequent task

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in Hong Kong. I fully recognize that I am only one of two Monitors, & that my collongue

knows more

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of Kong kong than I exploring questions about our ever hope

hope to know; also that I am approach to the monitoring task before any sonores briefing has tikon

6th Septembars

I have place. But, not withstanding these reservations, it may be useful to put something on pager before we meet on 6th with Very much in mind that the pco & Westminster will be the fudges of The success of my own assignment.

Jan agreement There are, I think, Stres fairly distinct parts to the task testing the acceptability in Hong kong of

with the Chinese Goromment":

of

The Consultation; (1) The scope, Characts, & organisation (2) The discharge or implementation of the Consultation

an essential for (3) The Countion, summerising, analysis assessment of the responses. The Assessment office task is confinion to (3) — clearly

mochanism & function in the attrnce of a head counting referendum but its ulturiate responsibility for providing

by the poople of Hong Kong acceptance by the poople

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with its formal responsibilities confined to offering the work of the Assessment office, sto reporting whother the A.0. has "proporly, accurately impartially discharged it's duties," through "free to witnes such aspects of the extrude of consultations" with. An exacting enough assignment in itself.

as

it may

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