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BRINGING THE FULL WEIGHT OF THE IP PROPAGANDA MACHINERY TO DEAR ON SECURING ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR OWN PROPOSALS.
6. THE COUNCIL ACCEPTED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEFORE LONG TO DECIDE WHETHER WE COULD GIVE THE CHINESE A COMMITMENT NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE FURTHER CHANGES WHICH MIGHT EMERGE FROM THE 1987 REVIEW WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT. MEMBERS WISHED TO REFLECT ON THIS ISSUE FURTHER, BUT THERE WAS A CENERAL FEELING THAT, WHILST IT MIGHT IN THEORY BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO PUSH TRROUGH OUR OWN IDEAS WITHOUT CONSULTATION, THIS WOULD IN PRACTICE BE MOST UNWISE, AND THAT WITHOUT SOME CLEAR INDICATION AT LEAST CHINESE ACQUIESCENCE, ANY FURTHER CHANGES WOULD RE UNLIKELY TO COMMAND CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG.
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