CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 250
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 06050OZ JUN 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1089 OF 6 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE
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-7 JUN 1935
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1. MR. LI CHUWEN (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA HONG KONG) CALL ON
ME TO DAY. IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A COURTESY CALL TO BID FAREWELL TO
ME ON BEHALF OF MR. XU JIATUN WHO IS IN CHINA. LI RAISED ONE POINT
OF SUBSTANCE: HE REFERRED TO THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN MR. XU AND THE GOVERNOR (DURING THE LATTER'S RECENT VISIT TO JIANGSU) ABOUT
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S WISH TO APPOINT SOME UNOFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY TO THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, AND RECALLED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD APPROVED OF THE IDEA. LI
WISHED TO INFORM ME THAT MISS MARIA TAM, MR. WONG PO-YAN AND MR. JUSTICE SIMON LI WERE BEING PROPOSED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WHICH WOULD MEET ON 8 JUNE, AS CANDIDATES. I THANKED LI FOR THE INFORMATION AND SAID THAT IF ANY OF THEM WERE TO SEEK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON THE MATTER, WE WOULD TELL THEM THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO THEIR ACCEPTING THE APPOINTMENT.
2. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD SEPARATELY THAT NCNA HAVE ALREADY APPROACHED
THE TWO UNIVERSITY VICE-CHANCELLORS. I ASKED LI CHUWEN ABOUT OTHER
HONG KONG CANDIDATES AND HE SAID ONLY THAT HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES
WOULD MAKE UP APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP.
3. PLEASE ENSURE THAT SIR E YOUDE RECEIVES A COPY OF THIS TELEGRAM.
HADDON-CAVE
LIMITED
HKD
FED
MR WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
copy passed to
Governor.
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