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PART ONE

AB 27

FROM WILSON

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP:

FIRST DAY

SUMMARY

1. A DIFFICULT DAY. FOUR HOUR SESSION DEVOTED ALMOST ENTIRELY TO REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. KE GAVE A STRONG LECTURE OF ADMONITION DELIVERED STERNLY AND WITH CONSIDERABLE PASSION: THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AND COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DAY-TO-DAY ADMINISTRATION OF HONG KONG: THERE MUST BE NO DIVERGENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL CHANGE AND THE (YET TO BE DRAFTED) BASIC LAW: THE BRITISH INTENTION WAS TO

THUS COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL REFORM BEFORE 1997, PREEMPTING THE BASIC LAW AND PRESENTING THE CHINESE WITH A FAIT ACCOMPLI: WE WERE NOT JUST LISTENING TO HONG KONG VIEWS BUT ADVOCATING PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS: THE ISSUE SHOULD BE SOLVED IN THE JLG. I OFFERED PRELIMINARY COMMENTS.