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GRS 250
CONFIDENTIPAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIOR NTY FCO
TELNO 962
OF 010645Z APRIL 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HRRO111
JED IN ARJUNTAY
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·4 APR 1986
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED : REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND
THE BASIC LAW
TODAY'S WEN WER PO CARRIED A FRONT-PAGE REPORT ON WHAT ZHOU NAN SAND AT THE DINNER HELD IN PEKING ON 31 MARCH FOR HK AND MACAO
DELEGRATES OF THE NPC AND CPPCC. THE REPORT QUOTED ZHOU AS HAVING
MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS :
(A) BOTH THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS WISHED TO SEE
CONVERGENCE, WHICH WAS IN THE INTEREST OF HK PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE
TWO GOVERNMENTS.
(B) THE BASHC LAW WOULD PUT INTO ''SUBSTANTIVE AND LEGAL LANGUAGE''
THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT #N THE JOINT DECLARATION.
(C) THE JOINT LEMANSON GROUP WOULD NOT DISCUSS THE BASIC LAW. HOWEVER
IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS OF CONVERGENCE, THESE COULD BE DISCUSSED
BY THE TWO SIDES IN THE JLG.
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(D) THE ''SOURCE OF POWER AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE FUTURE SAR
WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE BASHC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE, WHICH
WOULD HAVE REGARD TO THE VIEWS OF THE MAJORITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE.
2. COPY OF THE REPORT (WITH TRANSLATION) WILL FOLLOW BY BAG.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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