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TELNO 581 OF 24/4/85
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FOLLOWING IS COMPLETE AND CORRECTED VERSION OF TELNO 581.
HONG KONG TELNO 762: DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG
1. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON TUR:
(A) PARAGRAPH 3. WE ASSUME THAT THIS REFERS TO THE SYSTEM (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) AFTER 1997.
(B) PARAGRAPH 6. WE ASSUME THE GOVERNOR WOULD BE URGING THE CHINESE TO RECOGNISE PUBLICLY THE DESIRABILITY OF A STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE. WE DOUBT THE CHINESE WILL AGREE, BUT SEE NO OBJECTION TO THE APPROACH.
(C) PARAGRAPH 8, FINAL SENTENCE: WE SUGGEST DELETION OF THE WORDS AND ALWAYS WITH DUE REGARD FOR CHINESE CONCERN''. THIS WOULD BE
A HOSTAGE TO THE FUTURE. THE POINT COULD PERHAPS BE MADE BY SAYING THAT DURING THE PROCESS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD OF COURSE BE HAPPY TO LISTEN TO CHINESE VIEWS.
(D) PARAGRAPH 10. WE THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH INSERTING AS A
PREAMBLE THE POINT THAT WE RECOGNISE THAT THE BASIC LAW IS A
MATTER FOR THE CHINESE SIDE.
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