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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 899

OF 250758Z MARCH 86

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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FCO TELNO 554 AND PEKING TELNO 431. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE

BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.

1. BECAUSE OF THE EASTER WEEKEND, WE MUST ISSUE THE PAPERS TO EXCO, AMENDED AS NECESSARY, BY CLOSE OF PLAY ON 26 MARCH. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF WE COULD RECEIVE ALL COMMENTS BY 26003OZ.

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26 MAR 1986..

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COPIES TO:

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