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FROM T W M SMITH, PEKING

FILE REF: 020/393/19

16 JULY 1985

FOR J N POWELL ESQ! HONG KONG DEPT, FCO

COPY TO R P MARGOLIS ESQ, DPA, HONG KONG

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HONG KONG TELNOS 1424-5: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: BASIC LAW DRAFTING

COMMITTEE

1. PARAGRAPH 9(D) OF SECOND TUR HERALDED THE POSSIBILITY OF STUDY

TOURS BY MAINLAND MEMBERS OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE TO HONG KONG.

2. WANG JIAJI (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S HKMO) TOLD ME OF ONE

SUCH TOUR WHEN I SAW HIM AT LUNCH RECENTLY. WANG SAID THAT A

DELEGATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HU SHENG (ONE OF THE DRAFTING

CIMMITTEE'S VICE-CHAIRMEN) WOULD VISIT HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER.

WANG WAS UNSURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THE DELEGATION. THE

MEMBERS WOULD IN THE MAIN BE LEGAL EXPERTS. A STUDY OF LEGAL MATTERS

WOULD FORM THE CORE OF THEIR WORK WHILE IN HONG KONG. HE IMPLIED

THAT THE DELEGATION WOULD REMAIN IN HONG KONG FOR SOME LENGTH OF

TIME. THEIR WORK WOULD CONTRIBUT TO PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND

PLENARY MEETING OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE IN MARCH 1986.

COMMENT

3. IT SEEMS SLIGHTLY SURPRISING THAT A LEGAL GROUP SHOULD BE LED

BY HU SHENG, GIVEN THAT AT THE RECENT DRAFTING COMMITTEE MEETING

HE WAS A CONVENOR OF THE POLITICAL RATHER THAN THE LEGAL AND

JUDICIAL GROUP.

T W M SMITH

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