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FUTURE EGRET
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FM HONG KONG 050920 Z DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3713 OF 05 DECEMBER
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YOUR TELSNOS 1487 AND 1488 TO PEKING: FUTURE EGRET: PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN HONG KONG
1. WE HAVE ONLY MINOR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT IN YOUR SECOND TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. SOME OF THEM ARE SECOND THOUGHTS ON LANGUAGE WHICH YOU HAVE ADOPTED FROM OUR EARLIER DRAFT:
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(A) PARA 3 FOURTH SENTENCE: THERE MAY BE THOSE HERE WHO WOULD
BECAUSE CLAIM THAT THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS WAS NOT OBJECTIVE** OF ITS NATURE AND BECAUSE IT WAS CONDUCTED BY CIVIL SERVANTS. IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO START THE SENTENCE: ''A THOUROUGH AND IMPARTIAL ASSESSMENT HAS SHOWN
(B) PARA 5: THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE NOW READS RATHER ODDLY. WE SHOULD PREFER TO REVERT TO THE WORDING SUGGESTED FROM HERE: ''THERE IS NOTHING IN THE EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA, NOR INDEED IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF, WHICH COULD JUSTIFY THE
IMPOSITION
(C) PARA 8: ON REFLECTION THE SECOND HALF OF THE LAST SENTENCE IS SOMETHING OF A HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE. WE SUGGEST IT MIGHT BE AMENDED TO READ: '... WHICH WILL TAKE FULL ACCOUNT OF HONG
KONG'S NEEDS AND WISHES.''
(D) PARA 9: THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD SENTENCE MIGHT BE AMENDED TO READ: ''IT IS NATURAL THAT OVERSEAS BUSINESSMEN AND INVESTORS SHOULD HAVE WATCHED...''
(E) PARA 10:
(1) THE AGREEMENT MAKES NO REFERENCE TO A ''RIGHT' TO PURSUE PRUDENT BUDGETARY POLICIES ETC. THE BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH SUS-PARAGRAPH BE AMENDED TO READ: ''FREEDOM TO PURSUE BUDGETARY POLICIES DETERMINED BY HOONG KONG.
(11) IT CAN BE ARGUED THAT THE WHOLE GAMUT OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IS IMPORTANT IN THE PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS. DELETE *IN ECONOMIC MATTERS' FROM THE
LAST SUB-PARAGRAPH.
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