OCMIAN 2741
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2416
OF 291330Z OCTOBER 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
YOUR TELNO 3554 AND PEKING TELNO 2059: PAPERS FOR OD(K)
THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
1.
OF THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TUR, WE
ACCEPT B AND C. ON A WE PREFER THE PRESENT ORDER OF SENTENCES.
ON D, WE ACCEPT YOUR SUGGESTION ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT QUOTE THE
PROGRESSIVE BASES UNQUOTE IS A MISPRINT FOR QUOTE A PROGRESSIVE
BASIS UNQUOTE.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
2.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN SUB-PARAS
4A, D AND E OF YOUR TUR AND IN PARA LA OF PEKING TUR, WHICH ADD
CLARITY. WE ACCEPT THEM ALL, EXCEPT THAT WE SHOULD PREFER THE
LAST SENTENCE OF PARA 14 TO BEGIN QUOTE MOST OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE
IS IN FACT UNQUOTE. WE HAVE IN MIND THAT IN BUSINESS CIRCLES (AF
LI KA-SHING, WHOM WE SAW TODAY) THERE MUST CERTAINLY STILL BE AT
LEAST TACIT SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSITION THAT EVEN AFTER 1997
DIRECT ELECTIONS WOULD NOT SUIT HONG KONG. THERE ARE ALSO THE
PUBLIC STATEMENTS OF DOROTHY LIU. WE NOTE YOUR COMMENTS IN B
AND C.
3.
WHERE YOUR PARA 3 IS CONCERNED, WE ARE NOT CERTAIN THAT
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