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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 344
OF 31115OZ JANUARY 86
HKK OU!!! RECEIVED N FGISTRY
03 FEB 1986
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MIPT: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: PRESS STORIES: COMPLAINT BY SHAO
TIANREN.
FOLLOWING IS OUR RECORD OF SHAO THANREN'S STATEMENT ON 30
JANUARY TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT:
↑ 'MP. SHAO SAID THAT THE MEDIA IN HONG KONG WAS RATHER SENSITIVE
TO THE ISSUES RELATING TO 1987 REVIEW. IN SAYING THINGS TO THE
PRESS, WE (PRESUMABLY CHINESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS) SHOULD
CONSULT WITH EACH OTHER ON WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT NOT TO SAY. THERE
WAS A REPORT IN THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL ON 28 JANUARY 1986 THAT AN
EXCO MEMBER SAID THAT IN THE 1987 REVIEW, DIRECT ELECTION TO FILL
PART OF THE SEATS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MN 1988 MIGHT BE
RECOMMENDED. THAT WOULD BE REGARDED AS A MAJOR CHANGE'', AND THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT MUST SEEK AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
FIRST. IT WAS SAID IN THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL REPORT THAT THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD BE CONSULTING CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON
DIRECT ELECTION. THIS WOULD IMPLY THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WAS
INTERFERING WITH THE AFFAIRS OF HONG KONG. BUT IF IT TURNED OUT
THAT DIRECT ELECTION WAS (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) NOT
INTRODUCED IN 1988, THERE WOULD BE AN IMPLICATION THAT IT WAS THE
CHINESES GOVERNMENT WHO OPPOSED THE PROPOSAL. MR SHAO STRESSED
THAT SUCH IMPLICATION WOULD BE HARMFUL** (HE DID NOT SAY TO WHAT).
HE REPEATED THAT IN RELEASING INFORMATION TO THE PRESS BOTH SIDES
SHOULD CONSULT WITH EACH OTHER.'
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MR. WILSON
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