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FM HONG KONG 12034OZ NOV 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3443 OF 12 NOVEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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RECEIVEL REGISTRY

12 NOV 1984

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YOUR TELSNO 2203 AND 2218. HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ASSESSMENT

OFFICE REPORT

1. WE HOPE TO SEND BY SPEEDPOST TO REACH YOU BY FRIDAY

NOVEMBER 16:

(A) ALL THE MATERIAL WHICH WOULD HAVE FORMED VOLUME 11 OF THE REPORT, I.E. THE SUBMISSIONS FROM THE TWENTY TWO MAIN REPRESENTATIVE BODIES (THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND URBAN COUNCILS, THE HEUNG YEE KUK AND DISTRICT BOARDS, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE LATTER HAVE NOT YET COME IN):

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(B) SUBMISSIONS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS SO FAR RECEIVED AND TRANSLATED. THERE WILL BE MORE OF THESE TO COME IN: THE REMAINDER WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

2. YOU MAY, ON RECEIPT, WISH TO START REPRODUCING COPIES OF SUBMISSIONS FOR THE PRESS AND THE LIBRARIES OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY CARE TO LET US PRODUCE COPIES FOR YOU. IF YOU WISH TO DO THIS, PLEASE ADVISE HOW MANY COPIES YOU REQUIRE.

3. WE ALSO PROPOSE NOT TO PUBLISH THE TWO VOLUMES OF ANNEXES AS PART OF THE REPORT, BUT TO PRODUCE A LIMITED NUMBER OF COPIES WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REFERENCE AT THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF PUBLIC DEMAND FOR WIDER PUBLICATION, THIS COULD BE ARRANGED LATER ON.

4. AS STATED IN OUR TELNO 3388, WE FEEL WE MUST WRITE TO ALL ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE THEY DO NOT OBJECT TO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REFERENCE: WE WILL TELEGRAPH TO YOU AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE THE NAMES OF ANY WHICH DO OBJECT.

5. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO LET YOU HAVE THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT REPORT OF THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE BEFORE 24 NOVEMBER. THE REPORT WILL CONTAIN A SMALL NUMBER, NO MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR, GRAPHS AND POSSIBLY SOME CHARTS.

6. WE NOTE YOUR PROPOSALS ON THE FORM AND TITLE OF THE WHITE PAPER AND HAVE DRAWN THESE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MONITORS. WE ARE CONSIDERING THE FORM OF PUBLICATION HERE IN THE LIGHT

OF YOUR PROPOSALS. CONFIDENTIAL

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