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13. HOWEVER SINCE CHINA'S POLICY IS IN LINE WITH THE INTERESTS

OF HK COMPATRIOTS CHINA SHOULD RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM THEM. THE

''DEMOCRACY AGAINST COMMUNISM'' SCHOOL PER CONTRA ARE WORKING FOR

THE INTERESTS OF THE BRITISH. (SUPPORTIVE NATIONALIS EDITORIALS

ARE ALSO NOTED. THE REAL INTENTION IS TO BLOCK CHINA'S REUNIFI-

CATION. IF HONG KONG FOLLOWED TAIWAN'S EXAMPLE THERE WOULD BE

TURMOIL.)

14. ON THE FUTURE, PEKING IS NOT OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY OR DIRECT ELECTION (SIC). THE JOINT DECLARATION SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FULLY AND FAITHFULLY. BUT BRITISH HONG KONG OFFICIALS AND DEMOCRACY

AGAINST COMMUNISM'' ADVOCATES IN UMELCO ARE PLANNING TO EXTEND

THEIR SYSTEM BEYOND 1997 AS A MODEL FOR THE SAR. BRITAIN CANNOT

DECIDE THIS. IT IS AGAINST THE JOINT DECLARATION AN INFRINGEMENT OF CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY. THE JD CANNOT BE INTERPRETED SELECTIVELY. HK'S AFFAIRS IN FUTURE ARE AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR CHINA. BRITAIN

SHOULD NOT STIPULATE THE SAR POLITICAL SYSTEM OR FORCE ACCEPTANCE

OF ITS OWN.

15. BRITAIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING HK IN THE TRANSITION

AND FOR HANDING OVER THIS ADMINISTRATION. A CARETAKER GOVERNMENT

HAS NO RIGHT TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND FORCE IT ON THE

SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATION. HOWEVER HK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LEGCO MEMBERS HAVE ON MAY OCCASIONS DISCLOSED THE OBJECTIVE OF DEVELOPING REPPESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT BEYOND 1997. (SELECTIVE QUOTATIONS FROM DCS, SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND MESSRS. ALLEN AND MARTIN LEE.) NOT ALL

THESE VIEWS HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PRACTICE: BUT THEY INDICATE MOVES

PLANNED BY THE BRITISH. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE PROVISIONS OF THE JD BECAME EMPTY WORDS, WITH EVERYTHING DECIDED WELL BEFOREHAND BY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE UNDER BRITISH CONTROL.

16. PEKING'S PRESENT CONCERN IS WHETHER CHINESE RIGHTS ARE BEING

TAKEN AWAY BY THE BRITISH: AND WHETHER THE BRITISH ARE WRITING

POST-DATED CHEQUES. NOW BRITAIN HAS AGREED TO DISCUSS THE QUESTION

OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE JLG, THE PEOPLE CONCERNED SHOULD

LOOK AGAIN AT THE INTENTIONS OF THE BRITISH (WHO DO NOT HOLD MANY

TRUMPS) AND ADJUST THEIR STAND. THE PEOPLE OF HK HAVE TO STAND ON

THEIR OWN ONE DAY - AND RETURN TO THE CHINESE FOLD.

17. WHILE CHINA IS NOT OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY OR ELECTIONS THE QUESTION IS TO FIND A MODEL SUITALE TO LOCAL REALITIES AND CONDUCIVE

TO PROSPERITY AND STABILITY AS WELL AS NATIONAL UNIFICATION. (THE

ARTICLE THEN ADDRESSES VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE FRENCH AND U.S.

LEGISLATURES, FOCUSSING ON ACCOUNTABILITY'', THIS, IN ENGLISH

DICTIONARIES, MEANS ''EXPLAIN AND REPORT'', BUT NOT THAT

PARLIAMENT HAS THE POWER TO RECALL OFFICIALS. THE FRENCH NATIONAL

ASSEMBLY CAN IN THEORY IMPEACH THE GOVERNMENT BUT THE POWEP IS

IN REALITY MINIMAL. IN THE U.S. THE PRESIDENT IS THE CENTRE OF POWER

AND THE DECISION MAKER: THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY EFFICIENT AND THE

POLITICAL SITUATION STABLE.)

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