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agreed

between Hong Kong, Home

Office and FCO officals at

the end of July and put to EXCO on 7 August. A number of

questions we re

that EXCO

August.

Officials

are

raised, none of them serious.

will be able to endorse the draft

now working on the

It is hoped

Order on 27

accompanying

White Paper and it is hoped that this may be

put to EXCO

on 3 September. The draft Order and White Paper will then

be submitted to Ministers.

publication of the White Paper

October to allow two months for

before

the

first

The

debate

on

the

Order

time table is still for

in late September/early

in Hong Kong

late

in

discussion

November/early December.

22 August 1985

Lo.G. Ehrman

WG Ehrman

Hong Kong Department