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INFO IMMEDIATE JAKARTA
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INDEX
REGISTRY
JAKARTA FOR PRIVATE SECRETARY AND FOR WILSON, AUSS
YOUR TELNO 2312: MEETING OF OD(K) : REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
1. I AM CONTENT WITH ALL THE SUGGESTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED IN TUR, EXCEPT FOR THAT IN PARA 2(B). WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR PROPOSED PARAGRAPH, WE DO KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT WILL ARISE. THE SECOND SENTENCE SEEMS TO BE OUT OF
CONTEXT AND TO BREAK THE FLOW. I FIND THE LAST WORDS OF THE FINAL
SENTENCE RATHER VAGUE.
2.
I THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE PARAGRAPH SHOULD READ:
134. UNTIL THE STATE OF OPINION IN HONG KONG CRYSTALLISES,
WE CANNOT FORESEE PRECISELY HOW THESE PROBLEMS MIGHT BEST BE
TACKLED. BUT THE CLOSER OUR INFORMAL DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE
ON ALL THE ISSUES CONNECTED WITH CONVERGENCE' AND THE BASIC
LAW, THE BETTER WILL BE OUR CHANCES OF FINDING A WAY FORWARD WHICH WILL AT LEAST REDUCE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PROBLEMS
INVOLVED AND PRESENT AN OUTCOME WHICH WILL MAINTAIN CONFIDENCE
THAT THE TRANSITION TO 1997 CAN BE NEGOTIATED SUCCESSFULLY.'
3. WITH REGARD TO YOUR PARA 1(E), OUR ORIGINAL TEXT CONTAINED A
SLIGHT COMPRESSION. THE CRITICISM RELATING TO TOO MANY SOCIAL
WORKERS AND TEACHERS REALLY AROSE FROM THIS YEAR'S URBAN AND
REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTION, ALTHOUGH IT HAS ALSO BEEN MADE WITH
REGARD TO ELECTIONS TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS. IT DOES NOT APPLY TO
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERS IN LEGCO, WHO DO IN FACT INCLUDE A REASONABLE SPREAD OF PROFESSIONALS. WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT THE
SENTENCE SHOULD END AT THE WORD ''NARROWLY-BASED''.
4. WITH REGARD TO YOUR PARA 2(D), I WOULD NOT WANT PARAGRAPH 31
TO SOUND TOO APOCALYPTIC. I SUGGEST IT BE AMENDED TO READ
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