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CONFIDENTIAL

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Sir P Cradock

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Dr Wilson

Mr Houston

Library and Records

Miss Prior

Mrs Fewster, NTD

Mr Johnson, Parliamentary Unit

Mr Clark, News Department

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY:

OFFICE AND MONITORING TEAM

PROBLEM

REPORTS OF ASSESSMENT

1.

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 draft telegram

draft telegram to Hong Kong.

BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT

3. The collection of opinion by the Assessment Office is nearly complete. The response in Hong Kong to the invitation to the agreement has not been overwhelming, but it has been largely

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