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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

From the Secretary of State

28 November 1984

IN CONFIDENCE

(a)

Do David

Hong Kong

I enclose an advance copy of the White Paper containing:

the report of the Assessment Office which was set up to

test the acceptability in Hong Kong of the draft

agreement on the future of the territory; and

(b) the report of the independent Monitoring Team appointed

to monitor the work of the Assessment Office.

I should be grateful if you would treat it on Privy

Council terms until the White Paper is published, at 1100

tomorrow.

GEOFFREY HOWE

The Rt Hon David Steel MP