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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 2146 TO HONG KONG: HONG KONG MONITOR: 1987 REVIEW

1. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE HONG KONG MONITOR' (THOUGH WE READ THE ARTICLES REFERRED TO WHEN THEY WERE FIRST PUBLISHED).

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ON THE PRESS LINE:

(A) WE SUGGEST THE SUBSTITUTION OF AN IMPORTANT STAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S SYSTEMS BEFORE 1997' FOR AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN OUR THINKING ON THESE QUESTIONS' IN THE THIRD SENTENCE.

(B) THE LAST PART OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE IMPLIES THAT THE REVIEW IS TO FOLLOW THE CANVASSING OF OPINION IN HONG KONG, RATHER THAN INCLUDE . WE SUGGEST THAT IT MIGHT BECOME A NEW SENTENCE READ: 'PROPOSALS WILL BE MADE IN THE LIGHT OF THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG'.

(C) THE LAST LINE LEAVES OPEN-ENDED WHICH DOCUMENTS WOULD BE GIVEN TO THE CHINESE AS A COURTESY. WE SUGGEST THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION FOR THE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE REVIEW'.

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