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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 04090OZ FCO

TELNO 984

OF 04024OZ APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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ADOR GOL

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YOUR TELNOS 591 AND 594 : REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE BASIC LAW AND THE 1987 REVIEW.

1. THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MET ON THE EVENING OF 2ND APRIL TO CONSIDER

THESE PAPERS.

2. MY 5 FT'S CONTAIN COMMENTS ON THE PAPER ON THE QUESTION OF CONVERGENCE (MY TELNO 938): THE COMPLETE REVISED TEXT OF THAT PAPER: MI-NOR AMENDMENTS TO THE PAPER ON THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HMG (MY TELNO 939): MINOR AMENDMENTS TO THE PAPER ON HONG KONG OPINION ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (MY TELNO 851): AND THE COMPLETE REVISED

TEXT OF THE PAPER FORMERLY TITLED AN ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES WHICH THE BASIC LAW WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS (MY TELNO 852).

3. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AGREED WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT THE FIRST THREE PAPERS SHOULD BE HANDED OVER TO THE CHINESE, IN THE MANNER DISCUSSED

IN OTHER TELEGRAMS.

4. THE COUNCIL ALSO AGREED THAT THE FOURTH PAPER SHOULD BE REVISED TO REFER TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION RATHER THAN TO THE DRAFTING OF THE BASIC LAW, AND DISCUSSED ITS CONTENT. THE REVISED TEXT (WHICH THEY HAVE NOT YET SEEN) IS IN MY FIFTH UPT. SINCE THIS IS NOT TO BE GIVEN TO THE CHINESE, THE FACT THAT EXCO HAVE NOT YET SEEN THIS TEXT NEED NOT HOLD UP SUBMISSION OF THE OTHER 3 PAPERS TO MINISTERS.

HRK OIL LI

- 7 APR 1986

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