Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
CONFIDENTIAL
HK1APE
R N Peirce Esq
Acting Political Adviser
PEKING
Der Bob,
1 August 1986
KK MECEIVED IN ALG
INDE?
19 AUG 1938
RCETT
PA
MARTIN LEE
1.
Martin Lee duly called (separately) on David Wilson and myself during his recent visit to London. For both of We both found us it was our first acquaintance with him.
him rather impressive: highly intelligent and articulate,
a faint
but
2.
with Sted a certain
aura
I
thought I
of fanaticism. craving for political martyrdom.
Lee talked to us both at considerable length, and his political views must be very well known to you shall not record them at length, but simply note a few points of particular interest.
3.
On direct
at
elections, Lee said he thought essential that if Hong Kong was to have a genuinely high
of autonomy after 1997, there degree
be should government which could have and claim support from the elected This population
large.
meant having an element. He thought that the 1987 review should propose
elected. that one-quarter of Legco should be directly For the Basic Law, he thought it would be best if it did not try to fix a rigid proportion of directly elected members for the legislature, but rather stated that the legislature should be composed of
composed of some directly elected and some indirectly elected members,
members, giving flexibility for the precise proportion to be changed over time
Lee was critical of HMG and the
he HKG
hard enough for Hong Kong
were only concerned about
an a way which caused the fewest people of Hong Kong were not a for themselves. They needed Hong Kong Govrnment should behalf. The two Governments,s emergence of a more outspoken political
spe
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