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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE

BASIC LAW, AND THE 1987 REVIEW

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THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, AND REVISED

TEXTS OF THE PAPERS ON CONVERGENCE AND THE BASIC LAW, IN TURS.

WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL MINOR COMMENTS:

(A)

(B)

(C)

YOUR TELNO 986, PARA 5(B): SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER

COMMENTS FROM PEKING, WE AGREE THAT THE TWO SENTENCES

IN SQUARE BRACKETS SHOULD BE OMITTED.

YOUR TELNO 988, PARA 1(I): WE SUSPECT THAT THIS

AMENDMENT MAY NOT BE QUITE RIGHT, SINCE PARA 20 DOES

REFER TO AN INCREASE OF 4 OFFICIAL MEMBERS IN 1988.

YOUR TELNO 989, PARA 13(A): LEGAL ADVISERS HAVE

SUGGESTED THAT THE CHINESE MIGHT BRIDLE AT THE SUGGESTION

THAT, IN ORDER TO GET ROUND AN INTERPRETATION OF THE

COURTS IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE NPC TO (NEXT WORD

UNDERLINED) AMEND THE BASIC LAW. THEY SUGGEST THAT IT

WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO CONCEIVE OF A PROCESS WHERE,

IN

SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, THE NPC MADE A FORMAL DECLARATION

AFFIRMING ITS VIEW OF THE BASIC LAW AND, EITHER DIRECTLY

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