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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

香港下亞厘畢道

本署檔號 OUR REF.: SCR 1/61 VIII

** YOUR REF.:

8th July, 1986

Redacted under FOI Exemption S.23 or S.24

C. E. Leeks, Esq.,

HKD,

FCO

Dear Clinton

RECEIVED IN NEGISTRY 25 JUL 1986

A8207

KMT Influence in Government Bodies

Thank you for your letter of 27th June.

Chinese worries that the KMT have taken advantage

of moves towards more representative government to get their people onto boards and councils are not entirely without foundation. For material on the KMT's performance in recent elections see:

(a) LIC paper TSX 2/83 SF'B' of 22 April 1985

"An Analysis of the District Board Election Results";

The picture that emerges from these reports is not straightforward. Candidates supported by the KMT are not necessarily KMT members, or even pro-KMT. Some are chosen simply to deny election to a left wing candidate. Sometimes the KMT and the communists find themselves recommending the same person. Although quite a large number of candidates supported or recommended by the KMT were successful in the

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