TNAG-1356-FCO40-1797-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1985 — Page 119

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SECRET

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2565

OF 19074OZ NOVEMBER 35

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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SINT

26 NOV 1985

YOUR TELSHOS 1803, 1364 AND

PEPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

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• JOFIT ITAISON GROUP

I CONVEYED YOUP DECISION (AS SET OUT IN YOUP FIRST TWC TUPS

AND AS MODIFIED BY YOUR THIPD TUP) TO EXCO TODAY.

2. THE COUNCIL NOTED THE POSITION.

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3. MEMBERS SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT SPEAKING

NOTE (YOUR SECOND TUP, AS AMENDED BY YOUR THIRD TUP) :

(A) SUB PARA (A) : THE WORD ''AGENDA SHOULD BE DELETED. (COMMENT : MEMBEPS SAID THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WOULD BE

10 FORMAL WRITTEN AGENDA; NOP DID THE CHINESE PIECE OF PAPER

REFER TO AN AGENDA AS SUCH).

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(3) SUB PARA (B) : THE FINAL SENTENCE SHOULD BE SQUARE SPACKETED AND

USED ONLY IF PRESSED.

4. MEMBERS ALSO SUGGESTED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS BRIEF IN PARA 5 OF MY TELNO 2529 :

(A) SUB PAPA (B) : THE ANSWER SHOULD BE AMENDED TO PEAD AS FOLLOWS : ''CHINESE VIEWS WERE STATED: THEY ARE ALREADY WELL KNOWN.

(OPEN SQUAPE BRACKET) IF PRESSED, PEFER E.G. TO WEN WEI PO PEPOPT OF 20 OCTOBER ON REMARKS MADE BY JI PENGFEI TO DONALD LIAO (CLOSE

SQUARE BPACKET).'

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(3) SUB PARA (J) : THE ANSWER **NO AGENDA YET SHOULD BE REPLACED BY TOO EARLY TO SAY. (COMMENT : SAME REASON AS FOP

PARA 3(A) ABOVE).

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

LIMITED

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COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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MR WILSON

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