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REPRESENTATIVE
YOUR TELNO 899 AND PEKING TELNO 433 AND 5 IFTS:
GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW, AND THE 1987 REVIEW
1.
WE HAVE CONSULTED LEGAL ADVISERS ON THE DRAFT PAPERS IN
YOUR TELNO 848 AND 4 IFTS. OUR COMBINED COMMENTS AT OFFICIAL
LEVEL FOLLOW. WE SHALL AIM TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT PAPERS PURELY FOR
INFORMATION TO MINISTERS OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND.'
2.
YOUR TELNO 848 AND PEKING TELNOS 433 AND 434: WE AGREE
GENERALLY WITH THE THOUGHTS IN YOUR AND PEKING TURS. WE SHALL
NEED TO CONSULT THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE TIMING AND MANNER
OF HIS APPROACH TO WU XUEQIAN, AND SHALL AIM TO OBTAIN HIS
PRELIMINARY VIEWS OVER THE EASTER BREAK. WE SHALL ALSO NEED TO
CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHETHER THE PAPERS YOU HAVE PREPARED SHOULD
BE HANDED TO THE CHINESE BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S MEETING WITH WU, AND IF BEFORE OR AFTER, TO WHOM THEY
SHOULD BE GIVEN. OUR INITIAL REACTION IS TO AGREE WITH THE VIEWS
IN PARA 11 OF PEKING TELNO 434.
3. YOUR TELNO 849 AND PEKING TELNO 435: LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE
COMMENTED THAT ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS PAPER IS THAT IT CONFUSES
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
IS, AT BEST, ONLY PART OF THE EXECUTIVE. THE EXECUTIVE ALSO
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