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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3003
OF 16101OZ SEPTEMBER 86
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565 YOUR TELNO 1944: STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT: PREPARATION OF PAPERS
1. | CONFIRM THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE POSITION IS BROADLY CORRECT, EXCEPT THAT :-
A) WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT PAPERS ON THE SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE BEFORE 1997 AND ON THE LEGAL ISSUES SET OUT IN YOUR TELNO 1927 SHOULD BE ON THE LIST OF THOSE TO BE CONSIDERED
FOR PASSING TO THE CHINESE. (ACCEPTING THAT DECISIONS ON THE ACTUAL
**MENU'' CAN ONLY BE TAKEN WHEN WE SEE THE SHAPE AND CONTENT OF THE PAPERS)
B) WE ARE ALSO PREPARING A PAPER THAT WILL IN EFFECT SUGGEST HOW CHAPTER N OF THE BASIC LAW (ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS) MIGHT BE DRAFTED TO BRING IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
2. WE AIM TO TELEGRAPH FIRST DRAFTS OF ALL THESE PAPERS TO YOU AND PEKING ON 22 SEPTEMBER.
YOUDE
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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