TNAG-1357-FCO40-1798-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1985 — Page 88

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SIGNATURES FROM UMELCO MEMBERS FOR THEIR PROPOSED OPEN LETTER (THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN POOR) AND LIMITED TO A FEW ELECTOPAL COLLEGE MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT BOARDS. HOWEVER, EXCO MEMBERS UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH (WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO AVOID AN EMBARRASSING PERUFF) AND ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO SOOTH ANY RUFFLED FEATHERS. MR DANIEL TSE, ONE OF THE FOUR ACTIVISTS, NOW ACCEPTS THAT THEIR TACTICS WERE UNWISE AND HAS NOW SOUGHT TO CORRECT THE IMPRESSION OF CAPITULATION TO CHINESE PRESSURE CONVEYED BY THEIR ACTIVITIES AND REFLECTED IN JOHN GETTINGS' PIECE IN THE GUARDIAN.

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

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COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

RESEARCH D (FE)

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MR WILSON

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